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ŚB 10.58.58

Devanagari

अन्याश्चैवंविधा भार्या: कृष्णस्यासन् सहस्रश: ।
भौमं हत्वा तन्निरोधादाहृताश्चारुदर्शना: ॥ ५८ ॥

Text

anyāś caivaṁ-vidhā bhāryāḥ
kṛṣṇasyāsan sahasraśaḥ
bhaumaṁ hatvā tan-nirodhād
āhṛtāś cāru-darśanāḥ

Synonyms

anyāḥ — other; ca — and; evam-vidhāḥ — just like these; bhāryāḥ — wives; kṛṣṇasya — of Kṛṣṇa; āsan — became; sahasraśaḥ — by the thousands; bhaumam — (the demon) Bhauma; hatvā — after killing; tat — by him, Bhauma; nirodhāt — from their captivity; āhṛtāḥ — taken; cāru — beautiful; darśanāḥ — whose appearance.

Translation

Lord Kṛṣṇa also acquired thousands of other wives equal to these when He killed Bhaumāsura and freed the beautiful maidens the demon was holding captive.

Purport

Thus end the purports of the humble servants of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda to the Tenth Canto, Fifty-eighth Chapter, of the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, entitled “Kṛṣṇa Marries Five Princesses.”