SB 11.27.54

SB 11.27.54

Devanagari

य: स्वदत्तां परैर्दत्तां हरेत सुरविप्रयो: । वृत्तिं स जायते विड्भुग् वर्षाणामयुतायुतम् ॥ ५४ ॥

Verse text

yaḥ sva-dattāṁ parair dattāṁ hareta sura-viprayoḥ vṛttiṁ sa jāyate viḍ-bhug varṣāṇām ayutāyutam

Synonyms

yaḥ who ; sva dattām — given previously by himself ; paraiḥ by others ; dattām given ; hareta takes away ; sura viprayoḥ — belonging to the demigods or brāhmaṇas ; vṛttim property ; saḥ he ; jāyate takes birth ; viṭ bhuk — as a stool-eating worm ; varṣāṇām for years ; ayuta ten thousand ; ayutam times ten thousand .

Translation

Anyone who steals the property of the demigods or the brāhmaṇas, whether originally given to them by himself or someone else, must live as a worm in stool for one hundred million years.

Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)

Anyone who steals the property of the Lord or the brāhmaṇas, whether originally given to them by himself or someone else, must live as a worm in stool for one hundred million years. The various results for someone who gives wealth or land for worshipping the Lord have been stated. The result for a person who takes away the property of the Lord is now stated.