आस्थितस्य परं धर्मं कृष्णस्य गृहमेधिनाम् । आसन् षोडशसाहस्रं महिष्यश्च शताधिकम् ॥ २९ ॥
āsthitasya paraṁ dharmaṁ kṛṣṇasya gṛha-medhinām āsan ṣoḍaśa-sāhasraṁ mahiṣyaś ca śatādhikam
- āsthitasya
- who was situated in
- param
- the highest
- dharmam
- religious principles
- kṛṣṇasya
- of Lord Kṛṣṇa
- gṛha-medhinām
- of those in the household order of life
- āsan
- there were
- ṣoḍaśa
- sixteen
- sāhasram
- thousand
- mahiṣyaḥ
- queens
- ca
- and
- śata
- one hundred
- adhikam
- plus
While fulfilling the highest standards of religious householder life, Lord Kṛṣṇa maintained more than 16,100 wives.