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Chapter 1: The History of the Life of Ajāmila

Verse 23 of 60
SB 6.1.23

एवं निवसतस्तस्य लालयानस्य तत्सुतान् कालो ऽत्यगान्महान्राजन्नष्टाशीत्यायुषः समाः

evaṁ nivasatas tasya lālayānasya tat-sutān kālo 'tyagān mahān rājann aṣṭāśītyāyuṣaḥ samāḥ

Synonyms

evamin this way; nivasataḥliving; tasyaof him (Ajāmila); lālayānasyamaintaining; tatof her (the śūdrāṇī); sutānsons; kālaḥtime; atyagātpassed away; mahāna great amount; rājanO King; aṣṭāśītyāeighty-eight; āyuṣaḥof the duration of life; samāḥyears..

Translation

My dear King, while he thus spent his time in abominable, sinful activities to maintain his family of many sons, eighty-eight years of his life passed by.

Verse 23 of 60
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