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| Canto 6: Prescribed Duties for Mankind | Chapter 1: The History of the Life of Ajāmila |
Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 6.1.65
visasarjācirāt pāpah
SYNONYMS
viprām — the daughter of a brāhmana; sva-bhāryām — his wife; apraudhām — not very old (youthful); kule — from a family; mahati — very respectable; lambhitām — married; visasarja — he gave up; acirāt — very soon; pāpah — being sinful; svairinyā — of the prostitute; apāńga-viddha-dhīh — his intelligence pierced by the lustful glance.
TRANSLATION
Because his intelligence was pierced by the lustful glance of the prostitute, the victimized brāhmana Ajāmila engaged in sinful acts in her association. He even gave up the company of his very beautiful young wife, who came from a very respectable brāhmana family.
PURPORT
Customarily everyone is eligible to inherit his father's property, and Ajāmila also inherited the money of his father. But what did he do with the money? Instead of engaging the money in the service of Krishna, he engaged it in the service of a prostitute. Therefore he was condemned and was punishable by Yamarāja. How did this happen? He was victimized by the dangerous lustful glance of a prostitute.
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His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda, Founder Ācārya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness