राजानो राजलक्ष्म्यान्धा नात्मपातं विचक्षते । निरयं येऽभिमन्यन्ते ब्रह्मस्वं साधु बालिशा: ॥ ३६ ॥
rājāno rāja-lakṣmyāndhā nātma-pātaṁ vicakṣate nirayaṁ ye ’bhimanyante brahma-svaṁ sādhu bāliśāḥ
- rājānaḥ
- members of the kingly class
- rāja
- royal
- lakṣmyā
- by opulence
- andhāḥ
- blinded
- na
- do not
- ātma
- their own
- pātam
- fall
- vicakṣate
- foresee
- nirayam
- hell
- ye
- who
- abhimanyante
- hanker for
- brahma-svam
- a brāhmaṇa’s property
- sādhu
- as appropriate
- bāliśaḥ
- childish
Members of the royal order, blinded by royal opulence, fail to foresee their own downfall. Childishly hankering to enjoy a brāhmaṇa’s property, they are actually hankering to go to hell.