Canto 9: LiberationChapter 17: The Dynasties of the Sons of Pururava

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 9.17.7

shashtim varsha-sahasrani

shashtim varsha-satani ca

nalarkad aparo rajan

bubhuje medinim yuva

SYNONYMS

shashtim -- sixty; varsha-sahasrani -- such thousands of years; shashtim -- sixty; varsha-satani -- hundreds of years; ca -- also; na -- not; alarkat -- except for Alarka; aparah -- anyone else; rajan -- O King Parikshit; bubhuje -- enjoyed; medinim -- the surface of the world; yuva -- as a young man.

TRANSLATION

Alarka, the son of Dyuman, reigned over the earth for sixty-six thousand years, my dear King Parikshit. No one other than him has reigned over the earth for so long as a young man.

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