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Canto 9: Liberation
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SB 9.23: The Dynasties of the Sons of Yayāti
SB 9.23.32
tasya patnī-sahasrāṇāṁ
daśānāṁ sumahā-yaśāḥ
daśa-lakṣa-sahasrāṇi
putrāṇāṁ tāsv ajījanat
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.
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