Devanagari
तस्य पत्नीसहस्राणां दशानां सुमहायशा: ।
दशलक्षसहस्राणि पुत्राणां तास्वजीजनत् ॥ ३२ ॥
Verse 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
;
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.
Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
The famous Śaśabindu had ten thousand wives, and begot one billion sons.
In each wife he begot one hundred thousand sons.