ब्रह्मद्विष: शठधियो लुब्धस्य विषयात्मन: । क्षत्रबन्धो: कर्मदोषात् पञ्चत्वं मे गतोऽर्भक: ॥ २३ ॥
brahma-dviṣaḥ śaṭha-dhiyo lubdhasya viṣayātmanaḥ kṣatra-bandhoḥ karma-doṣāt pañcatvaṁ me gato ’rbhakaḥ
- brahma
- against brāhmaṇas
- dviṣaḥ
- hateful
- śaṭha
- duplicitous
- dhiyaḥ
- whose mentality
- lubdhasya
- avaricious
- viṣaya-ātmanaḥ
- addicted to sense gratification
- kṣatra-bandhoḥ
- of an unqualified kṣatriya
- karma
- in the performance of duties
- doṣāt
- because of discrepancies
- pañcatvam
- death
- me
- my
- gataḥ
- met
- arbhakaḥ
- son
[The brāhmaṇa said:] This duplicitous, greedy enemy of brāhmaṇas, this unqualified ruler addicted to sense pleasure, has caused my son’s death by some discrepancies in the execution of his duties.