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SB 8.19.3

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada



TEXT 3

na hy etasmin kule kaścin
niḥsattvaḥ kṛpaṇaḥ pumān
pratyākhyātā pratiśrutya
yo vādātā dvijātaye


SYNONYMS

na — not; hi — indeed; etasmin — in this; kule — in the dynasty or family; kaścit — anyone; niḥsattvaḥ — poor-minded; kṛpaṇaḥ — miser; pumān — any person; pratyākhyātā — refuses; pratiśrutya — after promising to give; yaḥ — either; adātā — not being charitable; dvijātaye — unto the brāhmaṇas.


TRANSLATION

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 brāhmaṇas, nor after promising to give charity has anyone failed to fulfill his promise.



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