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  "name":"SB 3.12.50",
  "h1":"SB 3.12.50",
  "label":"Text 50",
  "title":"Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 3.12.50",
  "description":"O son of the Kurus, when Brahmā saw that in spite of the presence of sages of great potency there was no sufficient increase in population, he seriously began to consider how the population could be increased."

} —

SB 3.12.50

ऋषीणां भूरिवीर्याणामपि सर्गमविस्तृतम् ।
ज्ञात्वा तद्धृदये भूयश्चिन्तयामास कौरव ॥५०॥

Text

ṛṣīṇāṁ bhūri-vīryāṇām
api sargam avistṛtam
jñātvā tad dhṛdaye bhūyaś
cintayām āsa kaurava

Synonyms

ṛṣīṇām—of the great sages; bhūri-vīryāṇām—with great potential power; api—in spite of; sargam—the creation; avistṛtam—not extended; jñātvā—knowing; tat—that; hṛdaye—in his heart; bhūyaḥ—again; cintayām āsa—he began to consider; kaurava—O son of the Kurus.

Translation

O son of the Kurus, when Brahmā saw that in spite of the presence of sages of great potency there was no sufficient increase in population, he seriously began to consider how the population could be increased.