Canto 6: Prescribed Duties for MankindChapter 1: The History of the Life of Ajāmila

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 6.1.66

yatas tataś copaninye

nyāyato 'nyāyato dhanam

babhārāsyāh kutumbinyāh

kutumbam manda-dhīr ayam

SYNONYMS

yatah tatah — wherever possible, however possible; ca — and; upaninyehe got; nyāyatah — properly; anyāyatah — improperly; dhanam — money; babhārahe 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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