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ŚB 8.20.5

Devanagari

नाहं बिभेमि निरयान्नाधन्यादसुखार्णवात् ।
न स्थानच्यवनान्मृत्योर्यथा विप्रप्रलम्भनात् ॥ ५ ॥

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.