Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.64.23
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
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aśubham bhuṅkṣe
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do you wish to experience the impious
A-śubha (not auspicious) + bhuj (to enjoy / suffer). The Bhāgavata's standard verb for karma-consumption: both pleasure and pain are 'eaten' until exhausted. Yama's offer respects the king's right to choose the order.
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śubham
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the pious (reactions)
The positive counterpart. Nṛga's heap of dāna had its own ripening waiting in svarga. Yama tells him both ledgers are full — the question is only the order of reading.
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antam
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the end
From anta. Yama himself, who can see lifetimes, declares he sees 'no end' (na antam ... paśye) of Nṛga's charitable credit. The verse establishes how disproportionate the punishment will look — a single misappropriated cow against an endless heaven. That disproportion is the whole point about aparādha.
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lokasya bhāsvataḥ
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of the shining world
Loka (world) + bhāsvant (shining, radiant). Svarga, the bright heaven. Yama acknowledges that Nṛga's place is genuinely there — yet a single offence will pull him out of it. Brāhmaṇa-aparādha is the unique offence that can override even legitimate svarga-credit.
"Do you first want to experience the sinful reaction for unknowingly taking away the brahmana's cow, or the pious reactions to your charities? I do not see an end to the results of your charities---I do not see an end to your living in svarga loka (bhasvatah lokasya)."
Will you experience the sin arising from taking the cow (aśubham) first? I see no end of your staying in Svarga, shining with wondrous happiness and powers, because of your unlimited performance of sacrifices (dharmasya) and charity.
Will you experience the sin arising from taking the cow or the suffering (aśubham) first? Though charity is included in dharma it is mentioned separately because of his great endeavors of giving. Or though charity is included in dharma, it is stated because by that he would go to Svarga, shining with unlimited wealth and happiness. His excellent life in higher planets like Dhruva-loka is described.
Yamarāja extending a courtesy to a great king — 'which will you take first, the sweet or the bitter?' — is the dignified administrator's last act of respect before the sentence falls. The choice itself is a small mercy; the consequence is fixed.
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