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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 8.19.3

न ह्येतस्मिन्कुले कश्चिन्नि:सत्त्व: कृपण: पुमान् । प्रत्याख्याता प्रतिश्रुत्य यो वादाता द्विजातये ॥ ३ ॥
na hy etasmin kule kaścin
[na hy etasmin kule kashchin]
niḥsattvaḥ kṛpaṇaḥ pumān
[nihsattvah kripanah pumaan]
pratyākhyātā pratiśrutya
[pratyaakhyaataa pratishrutya]
yo vādātā dvijātaye
[yo vaadaataa dvijaataye]
Word-for-word
na — not hi — indeed etasmin — in this kule — in the dynasty or family kaścit — anyone niḥsattvaḥ — poor-minded kṛpaṇaḥ — miser pumān — any person pratyākhyātā — refuses pratiśrutya — after promising to give yaḥ vā — either adātā — not being charitable dvijātaye — unto the brāhmaṇas..
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
na hy etasmin kule kaścin
na
not
hi
indeed
etasmin
in this
kule
in the dynasty or family
kaścit
anyone
niḥsattvaḥ kṛpaṇaḥ pumān
niḥsattvaḥ
poor-minded
kṛpaṇaḥ
miser
pumān
any person
pratyākhyātā pratiśrutya
pratyākhyātā
refuses
pratiśrutya
after promising to give
yaḥ vā
either
yo vādātā dvijātaye
adātā
not being charitable
dvijātaye
unto the brāhmaṇas..
I know that even until now, no one taking birth in your family has been poor-minded or miserly. No one has refused to give charity to brāhmaṇas, nor after promising to give charity has anyone failed to fulfill his promise.
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
In your family there are no low persons who refuse to give and no misers who promise to give but do not. The character of the niḥsattva (low person) is that he refuses to give. The kṛpaṇa is a particular type of niḥsattva. He promises and then does not give. The word vā indicates he promises and then refuses.
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Personal Guidance
No one in your family has been poor-minded or miserly, none has refused charity to brāhmaṇas or failed to fulfill a promise. The Lord recalls the family pattern. Generational integrity matters; promises kept across generations are themselves a kind of wealth.
Reflection Questions
  • What pattern of generosity or stinginess am I continuing from my family?
  • Whose promise of mine, when remembered honestly, has gone unfulfilled — and what would restore the family pattern?
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