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  "name":"SB 3.12.55",
  "h1":"SB 3.12.55",
  "label":"Text 55",
  "title":"Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 3.12.55",
  "description":"Thereafter, by sex indulgence, they gradually increased generations of population one after another."

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SB 3.12.55

तदा मिथुनधर्मेण प्रजा ह्येधाम्बभूविर् ॥५५॥

Text

tadā mithuna-dharmeṇa
prajā hy edhām babhūvire

Synonyms

tadā—at that time; mithuna—sex life; dharmeṇa—according to regulative principles; prajāḥ—generations; hi—certainly; edhām—increased; babhūvire—took place.

Translation

Thereafter, by sex indulgence, they gradually increased generations of population one after another.