Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.89.24

hiḿsā-vihāraḿ nṛpatiḿ

duḥśīlam ajitendriyam

prajā bhajantyaḥ sīdanti

daridrā nitya-duḥkhitāḥ

SYNONYMS

hiḿsā — violence; vihāram — whose sport; nṛ-patim — this King; duḥśīlam — wicked; ajita — unconquered; indriyam — whose senses; prajāḥ — the citizens; bhajantyaḥ — serving; sīdanti — suffer distress; daridrāḥ — poverty-stricken; nitya — always; duḥkhitāḥ — unhappy.

TRANSLATION

Citizens serving such a wicked king, who takes pleasure in violence and cannot control his senses, are doomed to suffer poverty and constant misery.

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