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).