SB 11.23.33

SB 11.23.33

Devanagari

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

Verse text

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

Synonyms

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.

Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)

O kind Uddhava! Considering him as an old, dirty beggar, rowdy persons would dishonor him with many insults. Pravayasam means old. O kind Uddhava! They scolded him with many types of insults (paribhūtibhiḥ).