sva-dattāḿ para-dattāḿ vā

brahma-vṛttiḿ harec ca yaḥ

ṣaṣṭi-varṣa-sahasrāṇi

viṣṭhāyāḿ jāyate kṛmiḥ

sva -- by himself; dattam -- given; para -- by another; dattam -- given; va -- or; brahma-vrittim -- a brahmana's property; haret -- steals; ca -- and; yah -- who; shashti -- sixty; varsha -- of years; sahasrani -- thousands; vishthayam -- in feces; jayate -- is born; krimih -- a worm.


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Whether it be his own gift or someone else's, a person who steals a brahmana's property will take birth as a worm in feces for sixty thousand years.

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