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OF CULTURE
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संस्कृति मंत्रालय
GOVERNMENT OF
● भारत
THE STORY OF AJAMILA
कान्यकुब्जे द्विजः कश्चिदासीपतिरजामिलः ।
नाम्रा नष्टसदाचारो दास्याः संसर्गदूषितः ॥
SL
There was a Brahmin in Kanyakubja,
Ajamila by name, the husband of a
prostitute, with all his righteous conduct
lost and polluted by association with
the harlot.
बन्द्यक्षकैतवैश्वौर्यगर्हितां वृत्तिमाश्रितः ।
बिभ्रत्कुटुम्बमशुचिर्यातयामास देहिनः ॥
Adopting despicable means of liveli-
hood, sycophancy, gambling and theft,
and maintaining his family impurely,
that Ajamila was torturing people.
तस्य प्रवयसः पुत्रा दश तेषां सु
योऽवमः ।
बालो नारायणो नाम्ना पित्रोश्च दयितो भृशम् ।
स बद्धहृदयस्तस्मिन्मुमुदे जरठो भृशम् ॥
To him, who had become very old,
there were (born) ten sons, of whom the
last was a boy named Narayana, a darling
of the parents. Doting on that child,
the old man was extremely happy.
751-9
A
संस्कृति मंत्रालय
GOVERNMENT OF
● भारत
THE STORY OF AJAMILA
कान्यकुब्जे द्विजः कश्चिदासीपतिरजामिलः ।
नाम्रा नष्टसदाचारो दास्याः संसर्गदूषितः ॥
SL
There was a Brahmin in Kanyakubja,
Ajamila by name, the husband of a
prostitute, with all his righteous conduct
lost and polluted by association with
the harlot.
बन्द्यक्षकैतवैश्वौर्यगर्हितां वृत्तिमाश्रितः ।
बिभ्रत्कुटुम्बमशुचिर्यातयामास देहिनः ॥
Adopting despicable means of liveli-
hood, sycophancy, gambling and theft,
and maintaining his family impurely,
that Ajamila was torturing people.
तस्य प्रवयसः पुत्रा दश तेषां सु
योऽवमः ।
बालो नारायणो नाम्ना पित्रोश्च दयितो भृशम् ।
स बद्धहृदयस्तस्मिन्मुमुदे जरठो भृशम् ॥
To him, who had become very old,
there were (born) ten sons, of whom the
last was a boy named Narayana, a darling
of the parents. Doting on that child,
the old man was extremely happy.
751-9