सम्पन्नस्य गुणैः सर्वैश्चिन्ता बन्ध्यापतेरभूत् ॥१२॥
rÅ«paudÄrya-vayo-janma-
vidyaiÅ›varya-Å›riyÄdibhiḥ
sampannasya guṇaiḥ sarvaiś
cintÄ bandhyÄ-pater abhÅ«t
rÅ«pa - with beauty; audÄrya - magnanimity; vayaḥ - youth; janma - aristocratic birth; vidyÄ - education; aiÅ›varya - opulence; Å›riya-Ädibhiḥ - wealth and so on; sampannasya - endowed; guṇaiḥ - with good qualities; sarvaiḥ - all; cintÄ - anxiety; bandhyÄ-pateḥ - of Citraketu, the husband of so many sterile wives; abhÅ«t - there was.
Citraketu, the husband of these millions of wives, was endowed with a beautiful form, magnanimity and youth. He was born in a high family, he had a complete education, and he was wealthy and opulent. Nevertheless, in spite of being endowed with all these assets, he was full of anxiety because he did not have a son.
It appears that the King first married one wife, but she could not bear a child. Then he married a second, a third, a fourth and so on, but none of the wives could bear children. In spite of the material assets of janmaiÅ›varya-Å›ruta-Å›rÄ« — birth in an aristocratic family with full opulence, wealth, education and beauty — he was very much aggrieved because in spite of having so many wives, he had no son. Certainly his grief was natural. Gá¹›hastha life does not mean having a wife and no children. CÄṇakya Paṇá¸ita says, putra-hÄ«naá¹ gá¹›haṠśūnyam: if a family man has no son, his home is no better than a desert. The King was certainly most unhappy that he could not get a son, and this is why he had married so many times. Ká¹£atriyas especially are allowed to marry more than one wife, and this King did so. Nonetheless, he had no issue.
