ŚB 3.12.55

Canto 3, Chapter 12, Text 55

तदा मिथुनधर्मेण प्रजा ह्येधाम्बभूविरे ॥ ५५ ॥

tadā mithuna-dharmeṇa
prajā hy edhām babhūvire

Word by word

tadā — at that time; mithuna — sex life; dharmeṇa — according to regulative principles; prajāḥ — generations; hi — certainly; edhām — increased; babhūvire — took place.

Translation

Thereafter, by sex indulgence, they gradually increased generations of population one after another.