बन्द्यक्षै: कैतवैश्चौर्यैर्गर्हितां वृत्तिमास्थित: । बिभ्रत्कुटुम्बमशुचिर्यातयामास देहिन: ॥ २२ ॥
bandy-aksaih kaitavais cauryair garhitam vrttim asthitah bibhrat kutumbam asucir yatayam asa dehinah
- bandi-aksaih
- by unnecessarily arresting someone
- kaitavaih
- by cheating in gambling or throwing dice
- cauryaih
- by committing theft
- garhitam
- condemned
- vrttim
- professions
- asthitah
- who has undertaken (because of association with a prostitute)
- bibhrat
- maintaining
- kutumbam
- his dependent wife and children
- asucih
- being most sinful
- yatayam asa
- he gave trouble
- dehinah
- to other living entities.
This fallen brahmana, Ajamila, gave trouble to others by arresting them, by cheating them in gambling or by directly plundering them. This was the way he earned his livelihood and maintained his wife and children.