# SB 9.17.7 ## Text > ṣaṣṭiṁ varṣa-sahasrāṇi > ṣaṣṭiṁ varṣa-śatāni ca > nālarkād aparo rājan > bubhuje medinīṁ yuvā ## Synonyms *ṣaṣṭim*—sixty; *varṣa*-*sahasrāṇi*—such thousands of years; *ṣaṣṭim*—sixty; *varṣa*-*śatāni*—hundreds of years; *ca*—also; *na*—not; *alarkāt*—except for Alarka; *aparaḥ*—anyone else; *rājan*—O King Parīkṣit; *bubhuje*—enjoyed; *medinīm*—the surface of the world; *yuvā*—as a young man. ## Translation **Alarka, the son of Dyumān, reigned over the earth for sixty-six thousand years, my dear King Parīkṣit. No one other than him has reigned over the earth for so long as a young man.**