SB 8.20.5 · Srimad-Bhagavatam

Devanagari

नाहं बिभेमि निरयान्नाधन्यादसुखार्णवात् । न स्थानच्यवनान्मृत्योर्यथा विप्रप्रलम्भनात् ॥ ५ ॥

Verse text

nāhaṁ bibhemi nirayān nādhanyād asukhārṇavāt na sthāna-cyavanān mṛtyor yathā vipra-pralambhanāt

Synonyms

na — not ; aham — I ; bibhemi — am afraid of ; nirayāt — from a hellish condition of life ; na — nor ; adhanyāt — from a poverty-stricken condition ; asukha — arṇavāt — nor from an ocean of distresses ; na — nor ; sthāna — cyavanāt — from falling from a position ; mṛtyoḥ — nor from death ; yathā — as ; vipra — pralambhanāt — from the cheating of a brāhmaṇa. .

Translation

I do not fear hell, poverty, an ocean of distress, falldown from my position or even death itself as much as I fear cheating a brāhmaṇa.

Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)

I do not fear hell, poverty, an ocean of distress, fall from my position or even death itself as much as I fear cheating a brāhmaṇa. Adhanyāt means “from poverty.”