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ŚB 6.14.11

Devanagari

तस्य भार्यासहस्राणां सहस्राणि दशाभवन् ।
सान्तानिकश्चापि नृपो न लेभे तासु सन्ततिम् ॥ ११ ॥

Text

tasya bhāryā-sahasrāṇāṁ
sahasrāṇi daśābhavan
sāntānikaś cāpi nṛpo
na lebhe tāsu santatim

Synonyms

tasya — of him (King Citraketu); bhāryā — of wives; sahasrāṇām — of thousands; sahasrāṇi — thousands; daśa — ten; abhavan — there were; sāntānikaḥ — quite capable of begetting sons; ca — and; api — although; nṛpaḥ — the King; na — not; lebhe — obtained; tāsu — in them; santatim — a son.

Translation

This Citraketu had ten million wives, but although he was capable of producing children, he did not receive a child from any of them. By chance, all the wives were barren.