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
Ut MARTA TSS TAA |
PASAT UTA MTT: TAT! 23
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 ATTA: FAM TY AW | ASIA: |
Tat aT ATT Fates afra zaTT Nw
tasya pravayasah putra
dasa tesa tu yo ’vamah
balo naraéyano namna
pitros ca dayito bhrsam
