SB 1.13.15

अबिभ्रदर्यमा दण्डं यथावदघकारिषु ।
यावद्दधार शूद्रत्वं शापाद्वर्षशतं यमः ॥ १५ ॥
abibhrad aryamā daṇḍaṁ yathāvad agha-kāriṣu
yāvad dadhāra śūdratvaṁ śāpād varṣa-śataṁ yamaḥ

Synonyms

yāvat — as long as [paryantam36]; yamaḥ — Yama; dadhāra — assumed; śūdratvam — the condition of being a śūdra [in the form of Vidura (vidura-rūpam)]; varṣa-śatam — for one hundred years; śāpāt — due to the curse [of Māṇḍavya Muni]; aryamā — Aryamā [the second of the twelve sons of Aditi (dvādaśādityāh tatra dvitīyo’ryamā);37 who is the chief of the forefathers (pitṛ-rājaḥ); and a particular manifestation of the sun god (sūryaḥ)38]; abibhrat — administered [kārayāmāsa]; daṇḍam — punishment; agha-kāriṣu — to sinners [pāpiṣu]; yathāvat — as appropriate [yathocitam].

Translation

As long as Yama assumed the condition of being a śūdra [in the form of Vidura] for one hundred years due to the curse [of Māṇḍavya Muni], Aryamā administered punishment to sinners as appropriate.

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