Canto 9, Chapter 23

Chapter 23

Verse 32 (SB 9.23.32)
SB 9.23.32 • मूल श्लोक

तस्य पत्नीसहस्राणां दशानां सुमहायशा: । दशलक्षसहस्राणि पुत्राणां तास्वजीजनत् ॥ ३२ ॥

Transliteration

tasya patnī-sahasrāṇāṁ daśānāṁ sumahā-yaśāḥ daśa-lakṣa-sahasrāṇi putrāṇāṁ tāsv ajījanat

Synonyms (Word-for-Word)

tasya — of Śaśabindu; patnī — wives; sahasrāṇām — of thousands; daśānām — ten; su-mahā-yaśāḥ — greatly famous; daśa — ten; lakṣa — lakhs (one lakh equals one hundred thousand); sahasrāṇi — thousands; putrāṇām — of sons; tāsu — in them; ajījanat — he begot.

Translation

“The famous Śaśabindu had ten thousand wives, and by each he begot a lakh of sons. Therefore the number of his sons was ten thousand lakhs.”

Bhaktivedanta Purport

By Śrīla Prabhupāda