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Chapter 20: Bali Mahārāja Surrenders the Universe

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SB 8.20.5

नाहं बिभेमि निरयान्नाधन्यादसुखार्णवात् न स्थानच्यवनान्मृत्योर्यथा विप्रप्रलम्भनात्

nāhaṁ bibhemi nirayān nādhanyād asukhārṇavāt na sthāna-cyavanān mṛtyor yathā vipra-pralambhanāt

Synonyms

nanot; ahamI; bibhemiam afraid of; nirayātfrom a hellish condition of life; nanor; adhanyātfrom a poverty-stricken condition; asukha-arṇavātnor from an ocean of distresses; nanor; sthāna-cyavanātfrom falling from a position; mṛtyoḥnor from death; yathāas; vipra-pralambhanātfrom the cheating of a brāhmaṇa..

Translation

I do not fear hell, poverty, an ocean of distress, falldown from my position or even death itself as much as I fear cheating a brāhmaṇa.

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