Verse 31
A poison with no remedy· Verses 31–36
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31Krsna the Bhagavan, son of Devaki, the god who cares for brahmins, whose nature is dharma, then spoke to his people, teaching the kshatriyas. 32Even a little of a brahmin's property, once eaten, is hard to digest; hard even for fire, which is stronger than anything. What then of kings, who take themselves for lords? 33I do not count halahala a poison, since there is something that can be done about it. A brahmin's property is the poison the word means; for that there is no remedy on earth. 34Poison kills the man who eats it, and fire is put out with water. But the fire whose kindling stick is a brahmin's property burns the family down to its root.
35A brahmin's property eaten without proper leave kills three generations. Seized and eaten by force, it kills ten before and ten after. 36Kings blinded by a king's good fortune do not see their own fall. Those who set their minds on a brahmin's property are fools; they are thinking well of hell.