Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu
by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī | 180,912 words
The English translation of the Sri Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu verse 4.2.7; a medieval era Sanskrit book, written by Rupa Goswami (fl. 15th century) which represents a devotional (bhakti) masterpiece. In this work Goswami describes the nature and different forms of pure love (rasa) as well as various other topics on Vaishnavism and devotion.
Verse 4.2.7
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation:
यथोक्तं श्री-दशमे (१०.६९.२) —
चित्रं बतैतद् एकेन वपुषा युगपत् पृथक् ।
गृहेषु द्व्य्-अष्ट-साहस्रं स्त्रिय एक उदावहत् ॥४.२.७॥yathoktaṃ śrī-daśame (10.69.2) —
citraṃ bataitad ekena vapuṣā yugapat pṛthak |
gṛheṣu dvy-aṣṭa-sāhasraṃ striya eka udāvahat ||4.2.7||
English translation
This is described in the Tenth Canto of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam [10.69.2]:
“It is quite amazing that in a single body Lord Kṛṣṇa simultaneously married sixteen thousand women, each in a separate palace.”