Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 11 Chapter 23 Verse 35

Canto 11: General History | Chapter 23: The Song of the Avantī Brāhmaṇa.

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 11.23.35

annaḿ ca bhaikṣya-sampannaḿ

bhuñjānasya sarit-taṭe

mūtrayanti ca pāpiṣṭhāḥ

ṣṭhīvanty asya ca mūrdhani

SYNONYMS

annam — food; ca — and; bhaikṣya — by his begging; sampannam — acquired; bhuñjānasya — of him who was about to partake; sarit — of a river; taṭe — on the shore; mūtrayanti — they urinate upon; ca — and; pāpiṣṭhāḥ — most sinful persons; ṣṭhīvanti — they spit; asya — his; ca — and; mūrdhani — on his head.

TRANSLATION

When he was sitting on the bank of a river about to partake of the food that he had collected by his begging, such sinful rascals would come and pass urine on it, and they would dare to spit on his head.

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