न ह्येतस्मिन्कुले कश्चिन्नि:सत्त्व: कृपण: पुमान् । प्रत्याख्याता प्रतिश्रुत्य यो वादाता द्विजातये ॥ ३ ॥
na hy etasmin kule kascin nihsattvah krpanah puman pratyakhyata pratisrutya yo vadata dvijataye
- na
- not
- hi
- indeed
- etasmin
- in this
- kule
- in the dynasty or family
- kascit
- anyone
- nihsattvah
- poor-minded
- krpanah
- miser
- puman
- any person
- pratyakhyata
- refuses
- pratisrutya
- after promising to give
- yah va
- either
- adata
- not being charitable
- dvijataye
- unto the brahmanas.
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 brahmanas, nor after promising to give charity has anyone failed to fulfill his promise.