← Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (1962)

Chapter 7: The Son of Drona Punished

Verse 48 of 56
SB 1.7.48

yaih kopitam brahmakulam rajanyai ajita atmahhi tat kulam pradahati ashu sanubandham sucharpitam.

Synonyms

yaihby those; kopitamenraged; brahmakulamthe order of the Brahmins; rajanyaiby the administrative order; ajitaunrestricted; atmabhiby oneself; tatthat; kulamfamily; pradahatiis burnt up; ashuwithin no time; sanubandhamtogether with family members; sucharpitambeing put into agrievement.

Translation

If the administrative kingly order who are unrestricted in the matter of sense control, do offend the Brahmin order and thus enrage them then the fire of that enragement burns up the whole body of such royal family, putting them in agrievement.

Purport

The Brahmin order of the society or the spiritually advanced caste or community and the members of such highly elevated family were always held in great easteem by the other subordinate castes namely the administrative kingly order, merchantile order or the labourers.

Verse 48 of 56