Canto 10: The Summum BonumChapter 58: Kṛṣṇa Marries Five Princesses

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.58.58

anyāś caivaḿ-vidhā bhāryāḥ

kṛṣṇasyāsan sahasraśaḥ

bhaumaḿ 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.

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."

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