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ŚB 9.23.32

Devanagari

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

Text

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

Synonyms

tasya — of Śaśabindu; patnī — wives; sahasrāṇām — of thousands; daśānām — ten; su-mahā-yaśāḥ — greatly famous; daśa — ten; lakṣalakhs (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.