[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Bhagavatapurana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata) › 11.23.36 # Bhagavatapurana 11.23.36 Bhāgavatapurāṇa 11.23.36 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [11.23.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.11.23.36) yata-vācaṃ vācayanti tāḍayanti na vakti cet / tarjayanty apare vāgbhiḥ steno 'yam iti vādinaḥ / badhnanti rajjvā taṃ kecid badhyatāṃ badhyatām iti // > 36. The sinful people make water on him, cast all nuisance on his head; they force the silent sage to speak, and if he does not, they beat him. > — S. Subba Rau 1928, The Srimad Bhagavatam > 37 & 38. They say, ‘he is a thief,’ and threaten him with words, some tie him with ropes, saying, ‘kill him,’ ‘kill him,’ some hurl him down, treating him with contempt, saying, “he is a rogue posing himself to be a righteous man; having lost his wealth and abandoned by his people, he has taken to this course of life.” > — S. Subba Rau 1928, The Srimad Bhagavatam - [Previous: 11.23.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.11.23.35) - [Next: 11.23.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.11.23.37) - [Up: 11.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.11.23) ## Translations (2) - [The Srimad Bhagavatam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata~en-subbarau.11.23.p38) — S. Subba Rau 1928, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata~en-mt.11.23.36) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.11.23.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.11.23.36) · Pramāṇa