Canto 11, Chapter 23

Chapter 23

Verse 37 (SB 11.23.37)
SB 11.23.37 • मूल श्लोक

क्षिपन्त्येकेऽवजानन्त एष धर्मध्वज: शठ: । क्षीणवित्त इमां वृत्तिमग्रहीत् स्वजनोज्झित: ॥ ३७ ॥

Transliteration

kṣipanty eke ’vajānanta eṣa dharma-dhvajaḥ śaṭhaḥ kṣīṇa-vitta imāṁ vṛttim agrahīt sva-janojjhitaḥ

Synonyms (Word-for-Word)

kṣipanti — they criticize; eke — some; avajānantaḥ — committing insults; eṣaḥ — this person; dharma-dhvajaḥ — a religious hypocrite; śaṭhaḥ — a cheater; kṣīṇa-vittaḥ — having lost his wealth; imām — this; vṛttim — occupation; agrahīt — has taken; sva-jana — by his family; ujjhitaḥ — turned out.

Translation

“They would criticize and insult him, saying, “This man is just a hypocrite and a cheat. He makes a business of religion simply because he lost all his wealth and his family threw him out.””

Bhaktivedanta Purport

By Śrīla Prabhupāda