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| Canto 6: Prescribed Duties for Mankind | Chapter 1: The History of the Life of Ajāmila |
Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 6.1.23
kālo 'tyagān mahān rājann
ashtāśītyāyushah samāh
SYNONYMS
evam — in this way; nivasatah — living; tasya — of him (Ajāmila); lālayānasya — maintaining; tat — of her (the śūdrānī); sutān — sons; kālah — time; atyagāt — passed away; mahān — a great amount; rājan — O King; ashtāśītyā — eighty-eight; āyushah — of the duration of life; samāh — 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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