SB 1.14.43

अपि स्वित्पर्यभुङ्क्थास्त्वं सम्भोज्यान्वृद्धबालकान् ।
जुगुप्सितं कर्म किञ्चित्कृतवान्न यदक्षमम् ॥ ४३ ॥
api svit parya-bhuṅkthās tvaṁ sambhojyān vṛddha-bālakān
jugupsitaṁ karma kiñcit kṛtavān na yad akṣamam

Synonyms

api svit — did [kim svit155]; tvam — you; parya bhuṅkthāḥ — eat before feeding [having neglected to feed (tyaktvā bhuktavān āsa)]; vṛddha — the elderly; bālakān — [or] children; sam-bhojyān — who deserved to be fed [sambhojanārhān]; [kim] na kṛtavān [asi] — [or] did you not perform; kiñcit — some; jugupsitam — abominable [forbidden by scripture (śāstra-niṣiddham)156]; karma — act; yat — which; akṣamam — was unfit to be enacted by you [kartum ayogyam].

Translation

Did you eat before feeding the elderly or children, who deserved to be fed? Or did you perform some abominable act that was unfit to be enacted by you?

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