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Srimad Bhagavatam 3.12.50

3.12.50

ऋषीणां भूरिवीर्याणामपि सर्गमविस्तृतम् । ज्ञात्वा तद्‍धृदये भूयश्चिन्तयामास कौरव ॥ ५० ॥

rsinam bhuri-viryanam api sargam avistrtam jnatva tad dhrdaye bhuyas cintayam asa kaurava

rsinam
of the great sages
bhuri-viryanam
with great potential power
api
in spite of
sargam
the creation
avistrtam
not extended
jnatva
knowing
tat
that
hrdaye
in his heart
bhuyah
again
cintayam asa
he began to consider
kaurava
O son of the Kurus.

O son of the Kurus, when Brahma saw that in spite of the presence of sages of great potency there was no sufficient increase in population, he seriously began to consider how the population could be increased.