Canto 9, Chapter 17

Chapter 17

Verse 7 (SB 9.17.7)
SB 9.17.7 • मूल श्लोक

षष्टिंवर्षसहस्राणि षष्टिंवर्षशतानि च । नालर्कादपरो राजन् बुभुजे मेदिनीं युवा ॥ ७ ॥

Transliteration

ṣaṣṭiṁ varṣa-sahasrāṇi ṣaṣṭiṁ varṣa-śatāni ca nālarkād aparo rājan bubhuje medinīṁ yuvā

Synonyms (Word-for-Word)

ṣaṣṭim — sixty; varṣa-sahasrāṇi — such thousands of years; ṣaṣṭim — sixty; varṣa-śatāni — hundreds of years; ca — also; na — not; alarkāt — except for Alarka; aparaḥ — anyone else; rājan — O King Parīkṣit; bubhuje — enjoyed; medinīm — the surface of the world; yuvā — as a young man.

Translation

“Alarka, the son of Dyumān, reigned over the earth for sixty-six thousand years, my dear King Parīkṣit. No one other than him has reigned over the earth for so long as a young man.”

Bhaktivedanta Purport

By Śrīla Prabhupāda