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एवं निवसतस्तस्य लालयानस्य तत्सुतान् ।
कालो ऽत्यगान्महान्राजन्न् अष्टाशीत्यायुषः समाः ॥ २३ ॥

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.

evam nivasatas tasya

lalayanasya tat-sutan

kalo 'tyagan mahan rajann

astasityayusah samah

evam-in this way; nivasatah-living; tasya-of him (Ajamila); lalayanasya-maintaining; tat-of her (the sudrani); sutan-sons; kalah-time; atyagat-passed away; mahan-a great amount; rajan-O King; astasitya-eighty-eight; ayusah-of the duration of life; samah-years.