ये च तानवमन्यन्ते ते नरा ब्रह्मघातिनः । पतन्ति घोरनरके यावद्भास्करतारकम् ॥ १५१ ॥
yē ca tānavamanyantē tē narā brahmaghātinaḥ | patanti ghōranarakē yāvadbhāskaratārakam || 151 ||
Translation
Those men who despise them are slayers of brāhmaṇas; they fall into a terrible hell for as long as the sun and the stars endure.
Word by word
- yē
- those who
- ca
- and
- tānavamanyantē
- despise them
- tē
- they
- narā
- men
- brahmaghātinaḥ
- slayers of brāhmaṇas
- patanti
- fall
- ghōranarakē
- into a terrible hell
- yāvadbhāskaratārakam
- as long as the sun and the stars
Meaning
Avamanyante is glossed as "do not honour".