—json {

  "name":"SB 9.17.7",
  "h1":"SB 9.17.7",
  "label":"Text 7",
  "title":"Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 9.17.7",
  "description":"Alarka, the son of Dyumān, reigned over the earth for sixty-six thousand years, my dear King Parīkṣit. No one other than him has reigned over the earth for so long as a young man."

} —

SB 9.17.7

Text

ṣaṣṭiṁ varṣa-sahasrāṇi
ṣaṣṭiṁ varṣa-śatāni ca
nālarkād aparo rājan
bubhuje medinīṁ yuvā

Synonyms

ṣaṣṭim—sixty; varṣa-sahasrāṇi—such thousands of years; ṣaṣṭim—sixty; varṣa-śatāni—hundreds of years; ca—also; na—not; alarkāt—except for Alarka; aparaḥ—anyone else; rājan—O King Parīkṣit; bubhuje—enjoyed; medinīm—the surface of the world; yuvā—as a young man.

Translation

Alarka, the son of Dyumān, reigned over the earth for sixty-six thousand years, my dear King Parīkṣit. No one other than him has reigned over the earth for so long as a young man.