Canto 8: Withdrawal of the Cosmic CreationsChapter 19: Lord Vāmanadeva Begs Charity from Bali Mahārāja

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 8.19.3

na hy etasmin kule kaścin

niḥsattvaḥ kṛpaṇaḥ pumān

pratyākhyātā pratiśrutya

yo vādātā dvijātaye

SYNONYMS

na — not; hi — indeed; etasminin this; kulein the dynasty or family; kaścit — anyone; niḥsattvaḥ — poor-minded; kṛpaṇaḥ — miser; pumān — any person; pratyākhyātā — refuses; pratiśrutya — after promising to give; yaḥ — either; adātā — not being charitable; dvijātaye — unto the brāhmaṇas.

TRANSLATION

I know that even until now, no one taking birth in your family has been poor-minded or miserly. No one has refused to give charity to brāhmaṇas, nor after promising to give charity has anyone failed to fulfill his promise.

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