Canto 10: The Summum BonumChapter 89: Krishna and Arjuna Retrieve a Brahmana's Sons

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 10.89.24

himsa-viharam nripatim

duhsilam ajitendriyam

praja bhajantyah sidanti

daridra nitya-duhkhitah

SYNONYMS

himsa -- violence; viharam -- whose sport; nri-patim -- this King; duhsilam -- wicked; ajita -- unconquered; indriyam -- whose senses; prajah -- the citizens; bhajantyah -- serving; sidanti -- suffer distress; daridrah -- poverty-stricken; nitya -- always; duhkhitah -- unhappy.

TRANSLATION

Citizens serving such a wicked king, who takes pleasure in violence and cannot control his senses, are doomed to suffer poverty and constant misery.

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