Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.89.24
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
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hiṁsā-vihāram
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one who delights in violence
Compound: hiṁsā (violence) + vihāra (sport). The brāhmaṇa names violence-as-sport as the marker of a bad king. The accusation cannot apply to Ugrasena, but the diagnostic frame is correct.
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ajita-indriyam
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one with unconquered senses
Compound: a (not) + jita (conquered) + indriya (sense). Loss of indriya-jaya is the kṣatriya's collapse. Gauḍīyas read indriya-jaya as a precondition for, not substitute for, bhakti.
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sīdanti
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they suffer
Present indicative of √sad (to sink). The verb of conditioned suffering — the same verb Arjuna's name sīdamāna picks up in BG 1. The citizens 'sink' under the bad king's weight.
He gives scriptural evidence for the death of his son because of the king’s negligence. The king takes pleasure in violence because of his wicked nature, which is caused by uncontrolled senses. Those who serve such a king suffer. How do they suffer? They become poor and always feel pain from various lamentations.
He explained the cause for the death of his infant by blaming the king. The king kills animals or torments the citizens for play. This is beause of his wicked nature, caued by uncontrolled senses. Citizens who seve such a king by giving taxes decline. They become poor and always suffer. They experience various types of suffering.
Citizens of a wicked king suffer; this is the standard śāstric thesis. The brāhmaṇa is invoking the dharma-rationale that the king's adharma propagates outward into the prajā's suffering. The verse is the legal frame the chapter will overturn — for Ugrasena is not wicked, and the loss has a deeper cause.
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Source: vedabase.io