evam - in this way; nivasataḥ - living; tasya - of him (Ajāmila); lālayānasya - maintaining; tat - of her (the śūdrāṇī); sutān - sons; kālaḥ - time; atyagāt - passed away; mahān - a great amount; rājan - O King; aṣṭāśītyā - eighty-eight; āyuṣaḥ - of the duration of life; samāḥ - years.

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.