ब्रह्मस्वं देवताद्रव्यं स्त्रीणां बालधनं च यत्॥ दत्तं हरति यो भूय इष्टैः सह विनश्यति। ब्राह्मणद्रव्यमादत्ते देवानां चैव राघव॥ सद्यः पतति घोरे वै नरके वीचिसंज्ञके। मनसापि हि देवस्वं ब्रह्मस्वं च हरेत्तु यः॥ निरयान्निरयं चैव पतत्येव नराधमः।
brahmasvaṃ devatādravyaṃ strīṇāṃ bāladhanaṃ ca yat|| dattaṃ harati yo bhūya iṣṭaiḥ saha vinaśyati| brāhmaṇadravyamādatte devānāṃ caiva rāghava|| sadyaḥ patati ghore vai narake vīcisaṃjñake| manasāpi hi devasvaṃ brahmasvaṃ ca harettu yaḥ|| nirayānnirayaṃ caiva patatyeva narādhamaḥ|
English Meaning
For all his good actions, he is slain who steals the wealth of a Brāhmaṇa, a deity, a woman, and a boy, and the riches given away by him. O Rāghava, one who pilfers the riches of a Brāhmaṇa or a deity falls into a hell called Vici. Even he who thinks in his mind of stealing it goes once and again into hell."
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)