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ŚB 3.3.9

Devanagari

तास्वपत्यान्यजनयदात्मतुल्यानि सर्वत: ।
एकैकस्यां दश दश प्रकृतेर्विबुभूषया ॥ ९ ॥

Text

tāsv apatyāny ajanayad
ātma-tulyāni sarvataḥ
ekaikasyāṁ daśa daśa
prakṛter vibubhūṣayā

Synonyms

tāsu — unto them; apatyāni — offspring; ajanayat — begot; ātma-tulyāni — all like Himself; sarvataḥ — in all respects; eka-ekasyām — in each and every one of them; daśa — ten; daśa — ten; prakṛteḥ — for expanding Himself; vibubhūṣayā — so desiring.

Translation

Just to expand Himself according to His transcendental features, the Lord begot in each and every one of them ten offspring with exactly His own qualities.