### SB 3.3.9

> तास्वपत्यान्यजनयदात्मतुल्यानि सर्वतः ।\
> एकैकस्यां दश दश प्रकृतेर्विबुभूषया ॥९॥

> tāsv apatyāny ajanayad\
> ātma-tulyāni sarvataḥ\
> ekaikasyāṁ daśa daśa\
> prakṛter vibubhūṣayā

*tāsu*—unto them; *apatyāni*—offspring; *ajanayat*—begot; *ātma-tulyāni*—all like Himself; *sarvataḥ*—in all respects; *eka-ekasyām*—in each and every one of them; *daśa*—ten; *daśa*—ten; *prakṛteḥ*—for expanding Himself; *vibubhūṣayā*—so desiring.

**Just to expand Himself according to His transcendental features, the Lord begot in each and every one of them ten offspring with exactly His own qualities.**