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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.90.40

యదువంశప్రసూతానాం పుంసాం విఖ్యాతకర్మణామ్ । సఙ్ఖ్యా న శక్యతే కర్తుమపి వర్షాయుతైర్నృప ॥ ౪౦ ॥
yadu-vaṁśa-prasūtānāṁ
[yadu-vamsha-prasootaanaam]
puṁsāṁ vikhyāta-karmaṇām
[pumsaam vikhyaata-karmanaam]
saṅkhyā na śakyate kartum
[sankhyaa na shakyate kartum]
api varṣāyutair nṛpa
[api varshaayutair nripa]
yadu - vaṁśa — in the Yadu dynasty prasūtānām — of those who were born puṁsām — men vikhyāta — famous karmaṇām — whose deeds saṅkhyā — the counting na śakyate — cannot kartum — be done api — even varṣa — in years ayutaiḥ — tens of thousands nṛpa — O King (Parīkṣit) .
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
yadu-vaṁśa-prasūtānāṁ
yadu - vaṁśa
in the Yadu dynasty
prasūtānām
of those who were born
puṁsāṁ vikhyāta-karmaṇām
puṁsām
men
vikhyāta
famous
karmaṇām
whose deeds
saṅkhyā na śakyate kartum
saṅkhyā
the counting
na śakyate
cannot
kartum
be done
api varṣāyutair nṛpa
api
even
varṣa
in years
ayutaiḥ
tens of thousands
nṛpa
O King (Parīkṣit) .
  • vikhyāta-karmaṇām — of those of famous deeds
    Compound: vi + khyāta (widely known) + karman (deed). The Yadus' karmas are vikhyāta — broadcast. Vaiṣṇava karma is by definition broadcastable; secret virtue is incomplete (Caitanya-caritāmṛta: prema cannot be hidden).
  • saṅkhyā — enumeration
    From sam + √khyā — to count. The verse confesses the impossibility of saṅkhyā. Same word as Sāṅkhya philosophy (enumeration of categories). Bhāgavatam admits: where Bhagavān multiplies, philosophy's count fails.
  • yadu-vaṁśa-prasūtānām — of those born in the Yadu dynasty
    Triple compound: yadu + vaṁśa (lineage) + prasūta (brought forth). Birth in the Yadu line is itself an honor. Gauḍīya hagiography records that some Vaiṣṇava ācāryas were Yadus reincarnated — the line remains alive.
  • ayutaiḥ — by ten thousands
    Instrumental plural of ayuta (10,000). Sanskrit's standard large number. The verse uses it to denote years that fail at counting — a deliberate poetic crashing of arithmetic at the threshold of Bhagavān's family.
The Yadu dynasty produced innumerable great men of famous deeds. Even in tens of thousands of years, O King, one could never count them all.
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
The Yadu dynasty produced innumerable great men of famous deeds. Even in tens of thousands of years, O King, one could never count them all.
Jīva Gosvāmī Gauḍīya
Commentary

One cannot enumerate even those who had the greatest prowess, what to speak of enumerating all the others. It is well known that the Yādava kings in Mathurā numbered fifty hundred and sixty billion.

Related values
Vairagya (Detachment / Dispassion)Kartavya (Duty / Responsibility)Prema (Divine Love)
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Jiva

Even ten thousand years could not count the great Yādavas. Bhāgavatam confesses its own enumerative limit: where Bhagavān resides, the proliferation of His associates exceeds any list. Aiśvarya's signature is uncountability.

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