Canto 10: The Summum BonumChapter 61: Lord Balarāma Slays Rukmī

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.61.19

eteṣāḿ putra-pautrāś ca

babhūvuḥ koṭiśo nṛpa

mātaraḥ kṛṣṇa-jātīnāḿ

sahasrāṇi ca ṣoḍaśa

SYNONYMS

eteṣām — of these; putra — sons; pautrāḥ — and grandsons; ca — and; babhūvuḥ — were born; koṭiśaḥ — by the tens of millions; nṛpaO King; mātaraḥ — the mothers; kṛṣṇa-jātīnām — of the descendants of Lord Kṛṣṇa; sahasrāṇi — thousands; ca — and; ṣoḍaśa — sixteen.

TRANSLATION

My dear King, the sons and grandsons of Lord Kṛṣṇa's children numbered in the tens of millions. Sixteen thousand mothers gave rise to this dynasty.

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