Canto 11: General HistoryChapter 23: The Song of the Avantī Brāhmaṇa.

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 11.23.37

kṣipanty eke 'vajānanta

eṣa dharma-dhvajaḥ śaṭhaḥ

kṣīṇa-vitta imāḿ vṛttim

agrahīt sva-janojjhitaḥ

SYNONYMS

kṣipanti — they criticize; eke — some; avajānantaḥ — committing insults; eṣaḥ — this person; dharma-dhvajaḥa religious hypocrite; śaṭhaḥa 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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