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SB 6.1.23

Devanāgarī

एवं निवसतस्तस्य लालयानस्य तत्सुतान् । कालोऽत्यगान्महान् राजन्नष्टाशीत्यायुष: समा: ॥ २३ ॥

Text

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

Synonyms

evam—in this way;nivasataḥ—living;tasya—of him (Ajāmila);lālayānasya—maintaining;tat—of her (theśūdrāṇī);sutān—sons;kālaḥ—time;atyagāt—passed away;mahān—a great amount;rājan—O King;aṣṭāśītyā—eighty-eight;āyuṣaḥ—of the duration of life;samāḥ—years.

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.

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