SB 10.89.24

Srimad-Bhagavatam, Tenth Canto, Chapter 89: Kṛṣṇa and Arjuna Retrieve a Brāhmaṇa's Sons

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His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 24

hiṁsā-vihāraṁ nṛpatiṁ
duḥśīlam ajitendriyam
prajā bhajantyaḥ sīdanti
daridrā nitya-duḥkhitāḥ

SYNONYMS

hiṁsā—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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