सर्व पुस्तके | Shrimad Bhagavatam | Canto 11: General History |Chapter Twenty-Three: The Song of the Avantī Brāhmaṇa

SB 11.23.6

अवन्तिषु द्विज: कश्चिदासीदाढ्यतम: श्रिया ।
वार्तावृत्ति: कदर्यस्तु कामी लुब्धोऽतिकोपन: ॥ ६ ॥

शब्दार्थ

avantiṣu — in the Avantī country; dvijaḥ — brāhmaṇa; kaścit — a certain; āsīt — there was; āḍhya-tamaḥ — very rich; śriyā — with opulences; vārtā — by business; vṛttiḥ — earning his livelihood; kadaryaḥ — miserly; tu — but; kāmī — lusty; lubdhaḥ — greedy; ati-kopanaḥ — very prone to anger.

भाषांतर

In the country of Avantī there once lived a certain brāhmaṇa who was very rich and gifted with all opulences, and who was engaged in the occupation of commerce. But he was a miserly person — lusty, greedy and very prone to anger.

तात्पर्य

According to Śrīla Śrīdhara Svāmī, the Avantī country is the district of Malwa. This brāhmaṇa was extremely wealthy, doing business in agriculture, banking and so on. Being a miser, he suffered agony when his hard-earned wealth was lost, as will be described by the Lord Himself.

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