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.”