Upodghata Pada Adhyaya 7 Shloka 41 - Brahmanda Purana | Sanskrit | Vedapath

Shloka 41

Steya-doṣa-nirūpaṇa (On the Nature and Gravity of Theft) — within the Hayagrīva–Agastya Saṃvāda frame

Devanagari script

वायुभूतस्चरेदेको यावद्द्रव्यवतो मृतिः / स बहुभ्यो हरेद्द्रव्यं तेषां यावत्तथा मृतिः

Transliteration

vāyubhūtascaredeko yāvaddravyavato mṛtiḥ / sa bahubhyo hareddravyaṃ teṣāṃ yāvattathā mṛtiḥ

Translation

वायुभूतः स एकाकी चरेद् यावद् द्रव्यवतो मृतिः। स बहुभ्यो हरेद् द्रव्यं तेषां यावत्तथा मृतिः॥

Word by Word

वायुभूतःone who became like wind

चरेत्should roam

एकःalone, one

यावत्until, as long as

द्रव्यवतःof the wealthy (man)

मृतिःdeath

सःhe

बहुभ्यःfrom many (people)

हरेत्should take away, steal

द्रव्यम्wealth, property

तेषाम्of them

यावत्until

तथाso, likewise

मृतिःdeath