न ब्रह्मदण्डदग्धस्य न भूतभयदस्य च ।
नारकाश्चानुगृह्णन्ति यां यां योनिमसौ गतः ॥४३॥

na brahma-daṇá¸a-dagdhasya
na bhūta-bhayadasya ca
nÄrakÄÅ› cÄnugá¹›hṇanti
yÄá¹ yÄá¹ yonim asau gataḥ

 na - never; brahma-daṇá¸a - punishment by a brÄhmaṇa; dagdhasya - of one who is so punished; na - neither; bhÅ«ta-bhaya-dasya - of one who is always fearful to the living entities; ca - also; nÄrakÄḥ - those condemned to hell; ca - also; anugá¹›hṇanti - do any favor; yÄm yÄm - whichever; yonim - species of life; asau - the offender; gataḥ - goes.


Text

A person who is condemned by a brÄhmaṇa or is always fearful to other living entities is not favored either by those who are already in hell or by those in the species in which he is born.

Purport

A practical example of a condemned species of life is the dog. Dogs are so condemned that they never show any sympathy to their contemporaries.