SB 1.17.39

पुनश्च याचमानाय जातरूपमदात्प्रभुः ।
ततोऽनृतं मदं कामं रजो वैरं च पञ्चमम् ॥ ३९ ॥
punaś ca yācamānāya jāta-rūpam adāt prabhuḥ
tato’nṛtaṁ madaṁ kāmaṁ rajo vairaṁ ca pañcamam

Synonyms

[Kali then requested one place wherein all four sinful acts could be found together (catur-viddhasyāpy ekatra-sthānaṁ dehīti).238]; [unto Kali (kalaye)239]; yācamānāya — who petitioned him; punaḥ ca — once again; prabhuḥ — King Parīkṣit [who was competent in the bestowal of all types of charity (sarva-dāna-samarthaḥ parīkṣit)240]; adāt — consigned [datavān]; jāta-rūpam — gold [(suvarṇam); meaning the place where gold is hoarded (suvarṇaṁ sthānam)241]; tataḥ — [and] by so doing [suvarṇa-dānāt]; [he granted him (adāt); the four immoral principles (catur-viddho’dharmaḥ)242]; anṛtam — [of] falsehood [or deceit (mithyā)243]; madam — intoxication; kāmam — lust [here referring to sexual attachment (strī-saṅgam)244]; rajaḥ — [and] violence [rooted in passion (rajo-mūlaṁ hiṁsām)]; ca — as well as; pañcamam — the fifth principle; vairam — [of] enmity; [the sense being that by consigning gold to Kali (suvarṇa-dānāt), these five principles were also granted because they are rooted in the misappropriation of gold (anṛtādīnāṁ pañcānām api suvarṇa-mūlakatvād iti bhāvaḥ)245].

Translation

Unto Kali, who petitioned him once again, King Parīkṣit consigned gold, and by so doing, he granted him the four immoral principles of falsehood, intoxication, lust, and violence, as well as the fifth principle of enmity.

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