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देवद्रव्यविनाशेन ब्रह्मस्वहरणेन च । कुलान्यकुलतां यान्ति ब्राह्मणातिक्रमेण च॥५-३६-२६॥
By destroying property dedicated to the gods, by appropriating brahminical property, and by violating the rights and standing of brāhmaṇas, families fall into loss of noble status.
english translation
ब्राह्मणानां परिभवात्परिवादाच्च भारत । कुलान्यकुलतां यान्ति न्यासापहरणेन च॥५-३६-२७॥
O Bhārata, through humiliating brāhmaṇas, through slander, and through appropriating deposits held in trust, families fall into loss of noble standing.
english translation
कुलानि समुपेतानि गोभिः पुरुषतोऽश्वतः । कुलसंख्यां न गच्छन्ति यानि हीनानि वृत्ततः॥५-३६-२८॥
Lineages, though well supplied with cattle, men, and horses, do not attain the rank of a truly noble house when they are deficient in righteous conduct.
english translation
वृत्ततस्त्वविहीनानि कुलान्यल्पधनान्यपि । कुलसंख्यां तु गच्छन्ति कर्षन्ति च महद्यशः॥५-३६-२९॥
But lineages not lacking in righteous conduct—even if of modest wealth—do attain recognized standing and draw to themselves great renown.
english translation
मा नः कुले वैरकृत्कश्चिदस्तु राजामात्यो मा परस्वापहारी । मित्रद्रोही नैकृतिकोऽनृती वा पूर्वाशी वा पितृदेवातिथिभ्यः॥५-३६-३०॥
Let there be none in our lineage—whether king or minister—who breeds enmity; none who seizes another’s property; none who betrays friends; none cruel in nature or false in speech; and none who eats before offering the due portion to ancestors, to the gods, and to guests.
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