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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.12.50
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 50
- ṛṣīṇāṁ bhūri-vīryāṇām
- api sargam avistṛtam
- jñātvā tad dhṛdaye bhūyaś
- cintayām āsa kaurava
ṛṣīṇāmof the great sages — of the great sages; bhūriwith great potential power-vīryāṇāmwith great potential power — with great potential power; apiin spite of — in spite of; sargamthe creation — the creation; avistṛtamnot extended — not extended; jñātvāknowing — knowing; tatthat — that; hṛdayein his heart — in his heart; bhūyaḥagain — again; cintayāmhe began to consider āsahe began to consider — he began to consider; kauravaO son of the Kurus — O son of the Kurus.
O son of the Kurus, when Brahmā 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.