Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 10.59.33

tatra rajanya-kanyanam

shat-sahasradhikayutam

bhaumahritanam vikramya

rajabhyo dadrise harih

SYNONYMS

tatra -- there; rajanya -- of the royal order; kanyanam -- of maidens; shat-sahasra -- six thousand; adhika -- more than; ayutam -- ten thousand; bhauma -- by Bhauma; ahritanam -- taken; vikramya -- by force; rajabhyah -- from kings; dadrise -- saw; harih -- Lord Krishna.

TRANSLATION

There Lord Krishna saw sixteen thousand royal maidens, whom Bhauma had taken by force from various kings.

PURPORT

Srila Sridhara Svami provides evidence from the sage Parasara, as quoted in the Vishnu Purana (5.29.31), to the effect that there were actually 16,100 royal maidens imprisoned in Bhauma's palace:

kanya-pure sa kanyanam

shodasatulya-vikramah

satadhikani dadrise

sahasrani maha-mate

"Within the maidens' quarters, O wise one, that Lord of unequaled prowess found 16,100 princesses."

Another relevant verse from the Vishnu Purana (5.29.9) is as follows:

deva-siddhasuradinam

nripanam ca janardana

hritva hi so 'surah kanya

rurodha nija-mandire

"The demon [Bhaumasura] kidnapped the unmarried daughters of demigods, siddhas, asuras and kings, O Janardana, and imprisoned them in his palace."

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