| Canto 6: Prescribed Duties for Mankind | Chapter 1: The History of the Life of Ajāmila |
Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 6.1.66
yatas tataś copaninye
nyāyato 'nyāyato dhanam
babhārāsyāh kutumbinyāh
SYNONYMS
yatah tatah — wherever possible, however possible; ca — and; upaninye — he got; nyāyatah — properly; anyāyatah — improperly; dhanam — money; babhāra — he maintained; asyāh — of her; kutum-binyāh — possessing many sons and daughters; kutumbam — the family; manda-dhīh — bereft of all intelligence; ayam — this person (Ajāmila).
TRANSLATION
Although born of a brāhmana family, this rascal, bereft of intelligence because of the prostitute's association, earned money somehow or other, regardless of whether properly or improperly, and used it to maintain the prostitute's sons and daughters.
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