SB 1.11.30

अथाविशत्स्वभवनं सर्वकाममनुत्तमम् ।
प्रासादा यत्र पत्नीनां सहस्राणि च षोडश ॥ ३० ॥
athāviśat sva-bhavanaṁ sarva-kāmam anuttamam
prāsādā yatra patnīnāṁ sahasrāṇi ca ṣoḍaśa

Synonyms

atha — thereafter [anantaram90]; aviśat — Kṛṣṇa entered [prāviśat91]; sva-bhavanam — His own palace [meaning that in one single palace (ekasmin eva bhavane), sixteen thousand mansions were constructed by Viśvakarma (viśvakarmaṇā ṣoḍaśa-sahasraṁ prāsādāḥ kṛtāḥ) just to demonstrate his architectural genius (sva-cāturī khyāpanārtham)92]; anuttamam — [which was] without comparison; sarva-kāmam — [and was equipped with] all desirable objects [abhilaṣita-padārthāḥ93]; yatra — [and] wherein; ṣoḍaśa — sixteen; sahasrāṇi — thousand; ca — and [the word ca here stands for an additional one hundred and eight mansions (cakārād aṣṭtottara-śatādhikānīti jñeyam)94]; prāsādāḥ — mansions; [were accommodated (santi)95]; patnīnām — [one for each] of His wives.

Translation

Thereafter, Kṛṣṇa entered His own palace, which was without comparison and was equipped with all desirable objects, and wherein sixteen thousand mansions were accommodated, one for each of His wives.

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