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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 6, Ch. 1
the money? Instead of engaging the money in the service of Kṛṣṇa, 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.
TEXT 66
यतस्तत्र्योपनिन्ये न्यायतोऽन्यायतो धनम् । बभारास्याः कुटुम्बिन्याः कुटुम्बं मन्दधीरयम् ॥६६॥
yatas tataś copaninye nyāyato 'nyāyato dhanam babhārāsyāḥ kuṭumbinyāḥ kuṭumbaṁ manda-dhīr ayam
yataḥ tataḥ—wherever possible, however possible; ca—and; upa- ninye—he got; nyāyataḥ—properly; anyāyataḥ—improperly; dhanam—money; babhāra—he maintained; asyāḥ—of her; kuṭum- binyāḥ—possessing many sons and daughters; kuṭumbam—the family; manda-dhīḥ—bereft of all intelligence; ayam—this person (Ajāmila).
TRANSLATION
Although born of a brāhmaṇa family, this rascal, bereft of intel- ligence 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.
TEXT 67
यदसौ शास्त्रमुल्लङ्घ्य स्वैरचार्यतिगर्हितः । अवर्तत चिरं कालमधायुरशुचिर्मलात् ॥६७॥
yad asau śāstram ullanghya svaira-cāry ati-garhitaḥ avartata ciraṁ kālam aghāyur aśucir malāt