Canto 9, Chapter 23

Chapter 23

Verse 26 (SB 9.23.26)
SB 9.23.26 • मूल श्लोक

पञ्चाशीतिसहस्राणि ह्यव्याहतबल: समा: । अनष्टवित्तस्मरणो बुभुजेऽक्षय्यषड्‍वसु ॥ २६ ॥

Transliteration

pañcāśīti sahasrāṇi hy avyāhata-balaḥ samāḥ anaṣṭa-vitta-smaraṇo bubhuje ’kṣayya-ṣaḍ-vasu

Synonyms (Word-for-Word)

pañcāśīti — eighty-five; sahasrāṇi — thousands; hi — indeed; avyāhata — inexhaustible; balaḥ — the strength of whom; samāḥ — years; anaṣṭa — without deterioration; vitta — material opulences; smaraṇaḥ — and memory; bubhuje — enjoyed; akṣayya — without deterioration; ṣaṭ-vasu — six kinds of enjoyable material opulence.

Translation

“For eighty-five thousand years, Kārtavīryārjuna continuously enjoyed material opulences with full bodily strength and unimpaired memory. In other words, he enjoyed inexhaustible material opulences with his six senses.”

Bhaktivedanta Purport

By Śrīla Prabhupāda