citraṁ bataitad ekena
vapuṣā yugapat pṛthak
gṛheṣu dvy-aṣṭa-sāhasraṁ
striya eka udāvahat

 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.


Text

“ ‘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 spoken by Nārada Muni in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (10.69.2).