rājāno rāja-lakṣmyāndhā

nātma-pātaḿ vicakṣate

nirayaḿ ye 'bhimanyante

brahma-svaḿ sādhu bāliśāḥ

rajanah -- members of the kingly class; raja -- royal; lakshmya -- by opulence; andhah -- blinded; na -- do not; atma -- their own; patam -- fall; vicakshate -- foresee; nirayam -- hell; ye -- who; abhimanyante -- hanker for; brahma-svam -- a brahmana's property; sadhu -- as appropriate; balisah -- childish.


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Members of the royal order, blinded by royal opulence, fail to foresee their own downfall. Childishly hankering to enjoy a brahmana's property, they are actually hankering to go to hell.

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