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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.19.3

అద్యైవ రాజ్యం బలమృద్ధకోశం ప్రకోపితబ్రహ్మకులానలో మే । దహత్వభద్రస్య పునర్న మేఽభూత్ పాపీయసీ ధీర్ద్విజదేవగోభ్య: ॥ ౩ ॥
adyaiva rājyaṁ balam ṛddha-kośaṁ
[adyaiva raajyam balam riddha-kosham]
prakopita-brahma-kulānalo me
[prakopita-brahma-kulaanalo me]
dahatv abhadrasya punar na me ’bhūt
[dahatv abhadrasya punar na me ’bhoot]
pāpīyasī dhīr dvija-deva-gobhyaḥ
[paapeeyasee dheer dvija-deva-gobhyah]
adya — this day eva — on the very rājyam — kingdom balam ṛddha — strength and riches kośam — treasury prakopita — ignited by brahma-kula — by the brāhmaṇa community analaḥ — fire me dahatu — let it burn me abhadrasya — inauspiciousness punaḥ — again na — not me — unto me abhūt — may occur pāpīyasī — sinful dhīḥ — intelligence dvija — brāhmaṇas deva — the Supreme Lord gobhyaḥ — and the cows.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
adyaiva rājyaṁ balam ṛddha-kośaṁ
adya
this day
prakopita-brahma-kulānalo me
dahatv abhadrasya punar na me ’bhūt
pāpīyasī dhīr dvija-deva-gobhyaḥ
eva
on the very
rājyam
kingdom
balam ṛddha
strength and riches
kośam
treasury
prakopita
ignited by
brahma-kula
by the brāhmaṇa community
analaḥ
fire
me dahatu
let it burn me
abhadrasya
inauspiciousness
punaḥ
again
na
not
me
unto me
abhūt
may occur
pāpīyasī
sinful
dhīḥ
intelligence
dvija
brāhmaṇas
deva
the Supreme Lord
gobhyaḥ
and the cows.
I am uncivilized and sinful due to my neglect of brahminical culture, God consciousness and cow protection. Therefore I wish that my kingdom, strength and riches burn up immediately by the fire of the brāhmaṇa’s wrath so that in the future I may not be guided by such inauspicious attitudes.

Progressive human civilization is based on brahminical culture, God consciousness and protection of cows. All economic development of the state by trade, commerce, agriculture and industries must be fully utilized in relation to the above principles, otherwise all so-called economic development becomes a source of degradation. Cow protection means feeding the brahminical culture, which leads towards God consciousness, and thus perfection of human civilization is achieved. The Age of Kali aims at killing the higher principles of life, and although Mahārāja Parīkṣit strongly resisted the domination of the personality of Kali within the world, the influence of the Age of Kali came at an opportune moment, and even a strong king like Mahārāja Parīkṣit was induced to disregard the brahminical culture due to a slight provocation of hunger and thirst. Mahārāja Parīkṣit lamented the accidental incident, and he desired that all his kingdom, strength and accumulation of wealth would be burned up for not being engaged in brahminical culture, etc.

Where wealth and strength are not engaged in the advancement of brahminical culture, God consciousness and cow protection, the state and home are surely doomed by providence. If we want peace and prosperity in the world, we should take lessons from this verse; every state and every home must endeavor to advance the cause of brahminical culture for self-purification, God consciousness for self-realization, and cow protection for getting sufficient milk and the best food to continue a perfect civilization.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Let the fire of an angry brāhmaṇa family burn up my kingdom, strength, and wealth today, since I am so sinful! May I never again think sinfully of giving suffering to brāhmaṇas, devatās or cows!
Commentary

May my intelligence not cause suffering to the brāhmaṇas and devatās.

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