# SB 6.1.23 ## Text > evaṁ nivasatas tasya > lālayānasya tat-sutān > kālo 'tyagān mahān rājann > aṣṭāśītyāyuṣaḥ samāḥ ## Synonyms *evam*—in this way; *nivasataḥ*—living; *tasya*—of him (Ajāmila); *lālayānasya*—maintaining; *tat*—of her (the *śūdrāṇī*); *sutān*—sons; *kālaḥ*—time; *atyagāt*—passed away; *mahān*—a great amount; *rājan*—O King; *aṣṭāśītyā*—eighty-eight; *āyuṣaḥ*—of the duration of life; *samāḥ*—years. ## Translation **My dear King, while he thus spent his time in abominable, sinful activities to maintain his family of many sons, eighty-eight years of his life passed by.**