tatra rÄjanya-kanyÄnÄá¹
á¹£aá¹-sahasrÄdhikÄyutam
bhaumÄhá¹›tÄnÄá¹ vikramya
rÄjabhyo dadṛśe hariḥ
tatra - there; rÄjanya - of the royal order; kanyÄnÄm - of maidens; á¹£aá¹-sahasra - six thousand; adhika - more than; ayutam - ten thousand; bhauma - by Bhauma; Ähá¹›tÄnÄm - taken; vikramya - by force; rÄjabhyaḥ - from kings; dadṛśe - saw; hariḥ - Lord Kṛṣṇa.
There Lord Kṛṣṇa saw sixteen thousand royal maidens, whom Bhauma had taken by force from various kings.
ÅšrÄ«la ÅšrÄ«dhara SvÄmÄ« provides evidence from the sage ParÄÅ›ara, as quoted in the Viṣṇu PurÄṇa (5.29.31), to the effect that there were actually 16,100 royal maidens imprisoned in Bhauma’s palace:
kanyÄ-pure sa kanyÄnÄá¹
á¹£oá¸aÅ›Ätulya-vikramaḥ
Å›atÄdhikÄni dadṛśe
sahasrÄṇi mahÄ-mate
“Within the maidens’ quarters, O wise one, that Lord of unequaled prowess found 16,100 princesses.â€
Another relevant verse from the Viṣṇu PurÄṇa (5.29.9) is as follows:
deva-siddhÄsurÄdÄ«nÄá¹
ná¹›pÄnÄá¹ ca janÄrdana
há¹›tvÄ hi so ’suraḥ kanyÄ
rurodha nija-mandire
“The demon [BhaumÄsura] kidnapped the unmarried daughters of demigods, siddhas, asuras and kings, O JanÄrdana, and imprisoned them in his palace.â€
