Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 40


Sanskrit:

न मे ब्रह्मधनं भूयाद् यद् गृध्वाल्पायुषो नरा: ।पराजिताश्‍च्युता राज्याद् भवन्त्युद्वेजिनोऽहय: ॥ ४० ॥

ITRANS:

na me brahma-dhanaṁ bhūyādyad gṛdhvālpāyuṣo narāḥparājitāś cyutā rājyādbhavanty udvejino ’hayaḥ

Translation:

I do not desire brāhmaṇas’ wealth. Those who lust after it become short-lived and are defeated. They lose their kingdoms and become snakes, who trouble others.

Purport: