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SB 11.23.37

Devanāgarī

क्षिपन्त्येकेऽवजानन्त एष धर्मध्वज: शठ: । क्षीणवित्त इमां वृत्तिमग्रहीत् स्वजनोज्झित: ॥ ३७ ॥

Text

kṣipanty eke ’vajānanta eṣa dharma-dhvajaḥ śaṭhaḥ kṣīṇa-vitta imāṁ vṛttim agrahīt sva-janojjhitaḥ

Synonyms

kṣipanti—they criticize;eke—some;avajānantaḥ—committing insults;eṣaḥ—this person;dharma-dhvajaḥ—a religious hypocrite;śaṭhaḥ—a cheater;kṣīṇa-vittaḥ—having lost his wealth;imām—this;vṛttim—occupation;agrahīt—has taken;sva-jana—by his family;ujjhitaḥ—turned out.

Translation

They would criticize and insult him, saying, “This man is just a hypocrite and a cheat. He makes a business of religion simply because he lost all his wealth and his family threw him out.”

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