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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.59.33

తత్ర రాజన్యకన్యానాం షట్‍సహస్రాధికాయుతమ్ । భౌమాహృతానాం విక్రమ్య రాజభ్యో దద‍ృశే హరి: ॥ ౩౩ ॥
tatra rājanya-kanyānāṁ
[tatra raajanya-kanyaanaam]
ṣaṭ-sahasrādhikāyutam
[shat-sahasraadhikaayutam]
bhaumāhṛtānāṁ vikramya
[bhaumaahritaanaam vikramya]
rājabhyo dadṛśe hariḥ
[raajabhyo dadrishe harih]
tatra — there rājanya — of the royal order kanyānām — of maidens ṣaṭ - sahasra — six thousand adhika — more than ayutam — ten thousand bhauma — by Bhauma āhṛtānām — taken vikramya — by force rājabhyaḥ — from kings dadṛśe — saw hariḥ — Lord Kṛṣṇa .
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
tatra rājanya-kanyānāṁ
tatra
there
rājanya
of the royal order
kanyānām
of maidens
ṣaṭ-sahasrādhikāyutam
ṣaṭ - sahasra
six thousand
adhika
more than
ayutam
ten thousand
bhaumāhṛtānāṁ vikramya
bhauma
by Bhauma
āhṛtānām
taken
vikramya
by force
rājabhyo dadṛśe hariḥ
rājabhyaḥ
from kings
dadṛśe
saw
hariḥ
Lord Kṛṣṇa .
  • rājanya - kanyānām — of royal maidens
    Compound chain: rājanya (royal) + kanyā (maiden). Each one a princess by birth — daughters of kings whom Bhauma had defeated. Gauḍīyas note: their dignity-of-birth makes the abduction's wound deeper, and the Lord's restoration more complete.
  • ṣaṭ - sahasra - adhika - ayutam — ten thousand plus six thousand (= sixteen thousand)
    Compound: ṣaṭ (six) + sahasra (thousand) + adhika (more) + ayuta (ten thousand). The famous count — 16,000 here; verse 36 and following round to 16,100 across the wider tradition. Each one becomes Kṛṣṇa's queen.
  • āhṛtānām — taken (by force)
    From ā + √hṛ (to bring, carry off). The same root that names abduction; the women's removal from their fathers' houses is the wound Bhauma inflicted on the kṣatriya dharma.
  • vikramya — by force
    Gerund of vi + √kram (to step boldly, overpower). The same root that named Kṛṣṇa's vikrama in verse 1 — Parīkṣit asked for Kṛṣṇa's vikrama; he received first an account of Bhauma's. Sanskrit poetry weighs roots.
  • dadṛśe — He saw
    Perfect of √dṛś. A single quiet verb at the climax — the Lord enters, and the verse says only 'He saw'. What follows in verses 34-35 explodes from this seeing.
There Lord Kṛṣṇa saw sixteen thousand royal maidens, whom Bhauma had taken by force from various kings.

Śrīla Śrīdhara Svāmī provides evidence from the sage Parāśara, as quoted in the Viṣṇu Purāṇa (5.29.31), to the effect that there were actually 16,100 royal maidens imprisoned in Bhauma’s palace: kanyā-pure sa kanyānāṁ ṣoḍaśātulya-vikramaḥ śatādhikāni dadṛśe sahasrāṇi mahā-mate “Within the maidens’ quarters, O wise one, that Lord of unequaled prowess found 16,100 princesses.” Another relevant verse from the Viṣṇu Purāṇa (5.29.9) is as follows: deva-siddhāsurādīnāṁ nṛpānāṁ ca janārdana hṛtvā hi so ’suraḥ kanyā rurodha nija-mandire “The demon [Bhaumāsura] kidnapped the unmarried daughters of demigods, siddhas, asuras and kings, O Janārdana, and imprisoned them in his palace.”

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
There Lord Kṛṣṇa saw sixteen thousand royal maidens, whom Bhauma had taken by force from various kings.
Jīva Gosvāmī Gauḍīya
Commentary

The princesses had been taken by force from various kings.

Śrīdhara Svāmī Gauḍīya
Commentary

Hariḥ indicates that he was attractive to the princesses.

Related values
Aparigraha (Non-possessiveness)Bhakti (Devotion)Vairagya (Detachment / Dispassion)Karuna (Kindness / Compassion)
Related verses

A merchant opens a strongbox to count his gold and finds, instead, sixteen thousand and one hundred living people waiting. Bhauma's hoarded treasure was women — souls — and the moment the Lord steps in, the calculation breaks. They were captives of his lust; they will be queens by His mercy. The exchange is what the whole chapter has been building toward.

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