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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 6.1.23

ఏవం నివసతస్తస్య లాలయానస్య తత్సుతాన్ । కాలోఽత్యగాన్మహాన్ రాజన్నష్టాశీత్యాయుష: సమా: ॥ ౨౩ ॥
evaṁ nivasatas tasya
[evam nivasatas tasya]
lālayānasya tat-sutān
[laalayaanasya tat-sutaan]
kālo ’tyagān mahān rājann
[kaalo ’tyagaan mahaan raajann]
aṣṭāśītyāyuṣaḥ samāḥ
[ashtaasheetyaayushah samaah]
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.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
evaṁ nivasatas tasya
evam
in this way
nivasataḥ
living
tasya
of him (Ajāmila)
lālayānasya tat-sutān
lālayānasya
maintaining
tat
of her (the śūdrāṇī)
sutān
sons
kālo ’tyagān mahān rājann
kālaḥ
time
atyagāt
passed away
mahān
a great amount
rājan
O King
aṣṭāśītyāyuṣaḥ samāḥ
aṣṭāśītyā
eighty-eight
āyuṣaḥ
of the duration of life
samāḥ
years.
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.
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
O King! While he thus spent up his time in abominable, sinful activities to maintain his family of many sons, eighty-eight years of his life passed. Time related to age passed. How much time? Eighty years (samāḥ) passed.
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