SB 10.64.16
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
Please note: The synonyms, translation and purport of this verse were composed by disciples of Śrīla Prabhupāda
TEXT 16
- kasyacid dvija-mukhyasya
- bhraṣṭā gaur mama go-dhane
- sampṛktāviduṣā sā ca
- mayā dattā dvijātaye
SYNONYMS
kasyacit—of a certain; dvija—brāhmaṇa; mukhyasya—first class; bhraṣṭā—lost; gauḥ—a cow; mama—my; go-dhane—in the herd; sampṛktā—becoming mixed; aviduṣā—who was unaware; sā—she; ca—and; mayā—by me; dattā—given; dvi-jātaye—to (another) brāhmaṇa.
Translation and purport composed by disciples of Śrīla Prabhupāda
TRANSLATION
Once a cow belonging to a certain first-class brāhmaṇa wandered away and entered my herd. Unaware of this, I gave that cow in charity to a different brāhmaṇa.
PURPORT
Śrīla Śrīdhara Svāmī explains that the term dvija-mukhya, "first-class brāhmaṇa," here indicates a brāhmaṇa who has stopped accepting charity and would thus refuse to accept even one hundred thousand cows in exchange for the cow that had been improperly given away.