Srimad Bhagavatam

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मातरं पितरं वृद्धं भार्यां साध्वीं सुतं शिशुम् । गुरुं विप्रं प्रपन्नं च कल्पोऽबिभ्रच्छ्वसन् मृतः ।। १०-४५-७ ।।

sanskrit

A man who, though able to do so, fails to support his elderly parents, chaste wife, young child or spiritual master, or who neglects a brāhmaṇa or anyone who comes to him for shelter, is considered dead, though breathing. ।। 10-45-7 ।।

english translation

hindi translation

mAtaraM pitaraM vRddhaM bhAryAM sAdhvIM sutaM zizum | guruM vipraM prapannaM ca kalpo'bibhracchvasan mRtaH || 10-45-7 ||

hk transliteration