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Bhagavatapurana 5.18.15

Bhāgavatapurāṇa 5.18.15

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5.18.15

ketumāle 'pi bhagavān kāmadeva-svarūpeṇa lakṣmyāḥ priya-cikīrṣayā prajāpater duhit-ṇāṃ putrāṇāṃ tad-varṣa-patīnāṃ puruṣāyuṣāho-rātra-parisaṅkhyānānāṃ yāsāṃ garbhā mahā-puruṣa-mahāstra-tejasodvejita-manasāṃ vidhvastā vyasavaḥ saṃvatsarānte vinipatanti //

15. (Also) in the continent of Ketumala, the glorious Lord (reveals Himself) in the form of the god of Love, being pleased to enhance the joy of Lakshmi, of the leading men of the Varshas and (of the sons) and daughters of the Progenitor, Samvatsara, who number 36,000(i.e., as many as there are days and nights in the full span of human life, i.e., hundred years)— the daughters from whose wombs at the end of a year embryos are discharged dead when their heart is filled with fear by the splendour of the great weapon of the Supreme Person.

S. Subba Rau 1928, The Srimad Bhagavatam

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