Srimad Bhagavatam

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

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

जो व्यक्ति समर्थ होकर भी अपने बूढ़े माता-पिता, साध्वी-पत्नी, छोटे पुत्र या गुरु का भरण-पोषण करने से चूकता है या किसी ब्राह्मण या शरण में आये हुए की उपेक्षा करता है, वह जीवित होते हुए भी मरा हुआ माना जाता है। ॥ १०-४५-७ ॥

hindi translation

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

hk transliteration by Sanscript