# 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.**