tasya - of him (King Citraketu); bhāryā - of wives; sahasrāṇām - of thousands; sahasrāṇi - thousands; daśa - ten; abhavan - there were; sāntānikaḥ - quite capable of begetting sons; ca - and; api - although; nṛpaḥ - the King; na - not; lebhe - obtained; tāsu - in them; santatim - a son.

This Citraketu had ten million wives, but although he was capable of producing children, he did not receive a child from any of them. By chance, all the wives were barren.