Canto 11, Chapter 23

Chapter 23

Verse 33 (SB 11.23.33)
SB 11.23.33 • मूल श्लोक

तं वै प्रवयसं भिक्षुमवधूतमसज्जना: । द‍ृष्ट्वा पर्यभवन् भद्र बह्वीभि: परिभूतिभि: ॥ ३३ ॥

Transliteration

taṁ vai pravayasaṁ bhikṣum avadhūtam asaj-janāḥ dṛṣṭvā paryabhavan bhadra bahvībhiḥ paribhūtibhiḥ

Synonyms (Word-for-Word)

tam — him; vai — indeed; pravayasam — old; bhikṣum — the beggar; avadhūtam — unclean; asat — low-class; janāḥ — persons; dṛṣṭvā — seeing; paryabhavan — dishonored; bhadra — O kind Uddhava; bahvībhiḥ — with many; paribhūtibhiḥ — insults.

Translation

“O kind Uddhava, seeing him as an old, dirty beggar, rowdy persons would dishonor him with many insults.”

Bhaktivedanta Purport

By Śrīla Prabhupāda