38 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 6, Ch. 1

restraint is very difficult, but it is quite possible if one fully surrenders to
Krsna, since all these abominable habits gradually become distasteful for
a Krsna conscious person. If illicit sex is allowed to increase in a society,
however, the entire society will be condemned, for it will be full of
rogues, thieves, cheaters and so forth.

TEXT 23

Ud FARIA BIAA aA |
PSSA EAL UT AST MATT: FATA QI |

evam nivasatas tasya
lalayanasya tat-sutan

kalo ’tyagdn mahdn rdjann
astasityayusah samah

evam—in this way; nivasatah—living; tasya—of him (Ajamila);
lalayénasya—maintaining; tat—of her (the Sidrdni); sutén—sons;
kalah—time; atyagat—passed away; mahdn—a great amount; rdjan—
O King; astasitya—eighty-eight; dyusah—of the duration of life;
samah—years.

TRANSLATION

My dear King, while he thus spent his time in abominable, sinful
activities to maintain his family of many sons, eighty-eight years of

his life passed by.

TEXT 24

TA HATA: TM TT Asi | Bsa: |
TN areca Fate aha za NAVI

tasya pravayasah putra
dasa tesa tu yo ’vamah

balo naraéyano namna
pitros ca dayito bhrsam
