Text 33] The Dynasties of the Sons of Yayāti
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umbrella, and (14) regulative principles. To be the emperor, one must possess all fourteen of these opulences. Śaśabindu possessed them all.
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तस्य पत्नीसहस्राणां दशानां सुमहायशः । दशलक्षसहस्राणि पुत्राणां तास्त्रजीजनत् ॥३२॥
tasya patnī-sahasrāṇām daśānām sumahā-yaśāḥ daśa-lakṣa-sahasrāṇi putrāṇām tāsv ajījanat
tasya —of Śaśabindu;  patnī —wives;  sahasrāṇām —of thousands;  daśānām —ten;  su-mahā-yaśāḥ —greatly famous;  daśa —ten;  lakṣa — lakhs  (one  lakh  equals one hundred thousand);  sahasrāṇi —thousands;  putrāṇām —of sons;  tāsu —in them;  ajījanat —he begot.
TRANSLATION
The famous Śaśabindu had ten thousand wives, and by each he begot a lakh of sons. Therefore the number of his sons was ten thousand lakhs.
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तेषां तु षट्प्रधानानां पृथुश्रवस आत्मजः । धर्मो नामोशना तस्य हयमेधशतस्य याट् ॥३३॥
teṣām tu ṣaṭ pradhānānām pṛthuśravasa ātmajaḥ dharmo nāmośanā tasya hayamedha-śatasya yāṭ
teṣām —out of so many sons;  tu —but;  ṣaṭ pradhānānām —of whom there were six foremost sons;  pṛthuśravasaḥ —of Pṛthuśravā;  ātmajaḥ —the son;  dharmaḥ —Dharma;  nāma —by the name;  uśanā —Uśanā;  tasya —his;  hayamedha-śatasya —of one hundred  aśvamedha  sacrifices;  yāṭ —he was the performer.