Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 26


Sanskrit:

जीवता ब्राह्मणार्थाय को न्वर्थ: क्षत्रबन्धुना ।देहेन पतमानेन नेहता विपुलं यश: ॥ २६ ॥

ITRANS:

jīvatā brāhmaṇārthāyako nv arthaḥ kṣatra-bandhunādehena patamānenanehatā vipulaṁ yaśaḥ

Translation:

What is the use of an unqualified kṣatriya who goes on living but fails to gain everlasting glory by working with his perishable body for the benefit of brāhmaṇas?

Purport: