न मे ब्रह्मधनं भूयाद् यद् गृध्वाल्पायुषो नरा: । पराजिताश्च्युता राज्याद् भवन्त्युद्वेजिनोऽहय: ॥ ४० ॥
na me brahma-dhanaṁ bhūyād yad gṛdhvālpāyuṣo narāḥ parājitāś cyutā rājyād bhavanty udvejino ’hayaḥ
- na
- not
- me
- to Me
- brahma
- of brāhmaṇas
- dhanam
- the wealth
- bhūyāt
- may it come
- yat
- which
- gṛdhvā
- desiring
- alpa-āyuṣaḥ
- short-lived
- narāḥ
- men
- parājitāḥ
- defeated
- cyutāḥ
- deprived
- rājyāt
- of kingdom
- bhavanti
- become
- udvejinaḥ
- creators of distress
- ahayaḥ
- snakes
I do not desire brāhmaṇas’ wealth. Those who lust after it become short-lived and are defeated. They lose their kingdoms and become snakes, who trouble others.