Bhagavata Purana 11.17.42
Srimad Bhagavatam · 17 · Verse 42
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Sanskrit Original
ब्राह्मणस्य हि देहोऽयं क्षुद्रकामाय नेष्यते । कृच्छ्राय तपसे चेह प्रेत्यानन्तसुखाय च ॥ ४२ ॥
brāhmaṇasya hi deho ’yaṁ kṣudra-kāmāya neṣyate kṛcchrāya tapase ceha pretyānanta-sukhāya ca
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The body of a brāhmaṇa is not intended to enjoy insignificant material sense gratification; rather, by accepting difficult austerities in his life, a brāhmaṇa will enjoy unlimited happiness after death.