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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 4.27.8

स पञ्चालपति: पुत्रान् पितृवंशविवर्धनान् । दारै: संयोजयामास दुहितृ: सद‍ृशैर्वरै: ॥ ८ ॥
sa pañcāla-patiḥ putrān
[sa panchaala-patih putraan]
pitṛ-vaṁśa-vivardhanān
[pitri-vamsha-vivardhanaan]
dāraiḥ saṁyojayām āsa
[daaraih samyojayaam aasa]
duhitṝḥ sadṛśair varaiḥ
[duhitreeh sadrishair varaih]
saḥ — he pañcāla-patiḥ — the King of Pañcāla putrān — sons pitṛ-vaṁśa — paternal family vivardhanān — increasing dāraiḥ — with wives saṁyojayām āsa — married duhitṝḥ — daughters sadṛśaiḥ — qualified varaiḥ — with husbands.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
sa pañcāla-patiḥ putrān
saḥ
he
pañcāla-patiḥ
the King of Pañcāla
putrān
sons
pitṛ-vaṁśa-vivardhanān
pitṛ-vaṁśa
paternal family
vivardhanān
increasing
dāraiḥ saṁyojayām āsa
dāraiḥ
with wives
saṁyojayām āsa
married
duhitṝḥ sadṛśair varaiḥ
duhitṝḥ
daughters
sadṛśaiḥ
qualified
varaiḥ
with husbands.
After this, King Purañjana, King of the Pañcāla country, in order to increase the descendants of his paternal family, married his sons with qualified wives and married his daughters with qualified husbands.

According to the Vedic system, everyone should marry. One has to accept a wife because a wife will produce children, and the children in their turn will offer foodstuffs and funeral ceremonies so that the forefathers, wherever they may live, will be made happy. The offering of oblations in the name of Lord Viṣṇu is called piṇḍodaka, and it is necessary that the descendants of a family offer piṇḍa to the forefathers.

Not only was Purañjana, the King of Pañcāla, satisfied in his own sex life, but he arranged for the sex life of his 1,100 sons and 110 daughters. In this way one can elevate an aristocratic family to the platform of a dynasty. It is significant in this verse that Purañjana got both sons and daughters married. It is the duty of a father and mother to arrange for the marriage of their sons and daughters. That is the obligation in Vedic society. Sons and daughters should not be allowed freedom to intermingle with the opposite sex unless they are married. This Vedic social organization is very good in that it stops the promulgation of illicit sex life, or varṇa-saṅkara, which appears under different names in this present day. Unfortunately, in this age, although the father and mother are anxious to get their children married, the children refuse to get married by the arrangement of the parents. Consequently, the number of varṇa-saṅkara has increased throughout the world under different names.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
King Purañjana, lord of Pañcāla, in order to increase the descendants of his paternal family, got his sons married with wives and got his daughters married with husbands. The wives were consideration, determination etc. The grooms were humility, affection etc.
He married off his children to qualified spouses to increase his lineage. Increasing the paternal line is one mode of householder dharma; recognize it and limit it.
Reflection Questions
  • Where do I confuse expansion of my projects with their actual quality?
  • What 'qualified spouse' have I been finding for my outputs, and is that the right framing?
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