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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[ Canto 3, Ch. 24 ]
prabhāvaiḥ —by descendants;  svaiḥ —their own;  bṛṁhayiṣyanti —they will increase;  aneka-dhā —in various ways.
TRANSLATION
Lord Brahmā  then praised Kardama Muni's nine daughters, saying: All your thin-waisted daughters are certainly very chaste. I am sure they will increase this creation by their own descendants in various ways.
PURPORT
In the beginning of creation, Brahmā was concerned more or less with increasing the population, and when he saw that Kardama Muni had already begotten nine nice daughters, he was hopeful that through the daughters many children would come who would take charge of the creative principle of the material world. He was therefore happy to see them. The word  sumadhyamā  means a good daughter of a beautiful woman. If she has a thin waist, a woman is considered very beautiful. All the daughters of Kardama Muni were of the same beautiful feature.
TEXT 15
अतस्त्वमृषिमुख्येभ्यो यथाशीलं यथारुचि ।
आत्मजाः परिदेहाद्य विस्तृणीहि यशो भुवि ॥१५॥
atas tvam ṛṣi-mukhyebhyo yathā-śīlam yathā-ruci ātmajāḥ paridehy adya vistṛṇīhi yaśo bhuvi
ataḥ —therefore;  tvam —you;  ṛṣi-mukhyebhyaḥ —unto the foremost sages;  yathā-śīlam —according to temperament;  yathā-ruci —according to taste;  ātma-jāḥ —your daughters;  paridehi —please give away;  adya —today;  vis-tṛṇīhi —spread;  yaśaḥ —fame;  bhuvi —over the universe.
TRANSLATION
Therefore, today please give away your daughters to the foremost of the sages, with due regard for the girls' temperaments and likings, and thereby spread your fame all over the universe.