One thousand one hundred
Srimad-Bhagavatam
SB Canto 4
The great sage Nārada then addressed King Prācīnabarhiṣat: O one whose life-span is great (virāṭ), in this way King Purañjana begot 1,100 sons within the womb of his wife, Purañjanī. However, in this business he passed away half of his life-span.
In this verse there are several significant words, the first of which are ekādaśa śatāni. Purañjana had begotten 1,100 sons within the womb of his wife, and thus passed away half of his life. Actually every man follows a similar process. If one lives for one hundred years at the utmost, in his family life he simply begets children up to the age of fifty. Unfortunately at the present moment people do not live even a hundred years; nonetheless they beget children up to the age of sixty. Another point is that formerly people used to beget one hundred to two hundred sons and daughters. As will be evident from the next verse, King Purañjana not only begot 1,100 sons but also 110 daughters. At the present moment no one can produce such huge quantities of children. Instead, mankind is very busy checking the increase of population by contraceptive methods.
| Page Title: | One thousand one hundred |
| Compiler: | Visnu Murti, ChandrasekharaAcarya |
| Created: | 11 of Jul, 2010 |
| Totals by Section: | BG=0, SB=7, CC=1, OB=0, Lec=10, Con=1, Let=0 |
| No. of Quotes: | 19 |