# Cc. Ādi 1.71 ## Text > citraṁ bataitad ekena > vapuṣā yugapat pṛthak > gṛheṣu dvy-aṣṭa-sāhasraṁ > striya eka udāvahat ## Synonyms *citram*—wonderful; *bata*—oh; *etat*—this; *ekena*—with one; *vapuṣā*—form; *yugapat*—simultaneously; *pṛthak*—separately; *gṛheṣu*—in the houses; *dvi*-*aṣṭa*-*sāhasram*—sixteen thousand; *striyaḥ*—all the queens; *ekaḥ*—the one Śrī Kṛṣṇa; *udāvahat*—married. ## Translation **"It is astounding that Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa, who is one without a second, expanded Himself in sixteen thousand similar forms to marry sixteen thousand queens in their respective homes."** ## Purport This verse is from *Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam* (10.69.2).