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Chapter 23: The Dynasties of the Sons of Yayāti

Verse 32 of 30
SB 9.23.32

तस्य पत्नीसहस्राणां दशानां सुमहायशाः दशलक्षसहस्राणि पुत्राणां तास्वजीजनत्

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; 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.

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