यथाहं प्रणमे विप्राननुकालं समाहित: । तथा नमत यूयं च योऽन्यथा मे स दण्डभाक् ॥ ४२ ॥
yathāhaṁ praṇame viprān anukālaṁ samāhitaḥ tathā namata yūyaṁ ca yo ’nyathā me sa daṇḍa-bhāk
- yathā
- as
- aham
- I
- praṇame
- bow down
- viprān
- to brāhmaṇas
- anu-kālam
- all the time
- samāhitaḥ
- carefully
- tathā
- so
- namata
- should bow down
- yūyam
- all of you
- ca
- also
- yaḥ
- one who
- anyathā
- (does) otherwise
- me
- by Me
- saḥ
- he
- daṇḍa
- for punishment
- bhāk
- a candidate
Just us I always carefully bow down to brāhmaṇas, so all of you should likewise bow down to them. I will punish anyone who acts otherwise.