SB 6.14.12
TEXT 12
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TEXT
रूपौदार्यवयोजन्म विद्यैश्वर्यश्रियादिभिः ।
सम्पन्नस्य गुणैः सर्वैश् चिन्ता बन्ध्यापतेरभूत् ॥ १२ ॥ rupaudarya-vayo-janma-
vidyaisvarya-sriyadibhih
sampannasya gunaih sarvais
cinta bandhya-pater abhut
rupa-with beauty; audarya-magnanimity; vayah-youth; janma-aristocratic birth; vidya-education; aisvarya-opulence; sriya-adibhih-wealth and so on; sampannasya-endowed; gunaih-with good qualities; sarvaih-all; cinta-anxiety; bandhya-pateh-of Citraketu, the husband of so many sterile wives; abhut-there was.
TRANSLATION
Citraketu, the husband of these millions of wives, was endowed with a beautiful form, magnanimity and youth. He was born in a high family, he had a complete education, and he was wealthy and opulent. Nevertheless, in spite of being endowed with all these assets, he was full of anxiety because he did not have a son.
PURPORT
It appears that the King first married one wife, but she could not bear a child. Then he married a second, a third, a fourth and so on, but none of the wives could bear children. In spite of the material assets of janmaisvarya-sruta-sri-birth in an aristocratic family with full opulence, wealth, education and beauty-he was very much aggrieved because in spite of having so many wives, he had no son. Certainly his grief was natural. Grhastha life does not mean having a wife and no children. Canakya Pandita says, putra-hinam grham sunyam: if a family man has no son, his home is no better than a desert. The King was certainly most unhappy that he could not get a son, and this is why he had married so many times. Ksatriyas especially are allowed to marry more than one wife, and this King did so. Nonetheless, he had no issue.
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