Skip to main content

ŚB 10.90.29

Devanagari

आस्थितस्य परं धर्मं कृष्णस्य गृहमेधिनाम् ।
आसन् षोडशसाहस्रं महिष्यश्च शताधिकम् ॥ २९ ॥

Text

āsthitasya paraṁ dharmaṁ
kṛṣṇasya gṛha-medhinām
āsan ṣoḍaśa-sāhasraṁ
mahiṣyaś ca śatādhikam

Synonyms

āsthitasya — who was situated in; param — the highest; dharmam — religious principles; kṛṣṇasya — of Lord Kṛṣṇa; gṛha-medhinām — of those in the household order of life; āsan — there were; ṣoḍaśa — sixteen; sāhasram — thousand; mahiṣyaḥ — queens; ca — and; śata — one hundred; adhikam — plus.

Translation

While fulfilling the highest standards of religious householder life, Lord Kṛṣṇa maintained more than 16,100 wives.