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Chapter 24: Kṛṣṇa the Supreme Personality of Godhead

Verse 28–31 of 52
SB 9.24.28-31

तस्यां स जनयामास दश पुत्रानकल्मषान् वसुदेवं देवभागं देवश्रवसमानकम् सृंजयं श्यामकं कंकं शमीकं वत्सकं वृकम् देवदुन्दुभयो नेदुरानका यस्य जन्मनि वसुदेवं हरेः स्थानं वदन्त्यानकदुन्दुभिम् पृथा च श्रुतदेवा च श्रुतकीर्तिः श्रुतश्रवाः राजाधिदेवी चैतेषां भगिन्यः पंच कन्यकाः कुन्तेः सख्युः पिता शूरो ह्यपुत्रस्य पृथामदात्

tasyāṁ sa janayām āsa daśa putrān akalmaṣān vasudevaṁ devabhāgaṁ devaśravasam ānakam sṛñjayaṁ śyāmakaṁ kaṅkaṁ śamīkaṁ vatsakaṁ vṛkam deva-dundubhayo nedur ānakā yasya janmani vasudevaṁ hareḥ sthānaṁ vadanty ānakadundubhim pṛthā ca śrutadevā ca śrutakīrtiḥ śrutaśravāḥ rājādhidevī caiteṣāṁ bhaginyaḥ pañca kanyakāḥ kunteḥ sakhyuḥ pitā śūro hy aputrasya pṛthām adāt

Synonyms

tasyāmin her (Māriṣā); saḥhe (Śūra); janayām āsabegot; daśaten; putrānsons; akalmaṣānspotless; vasudevamVasudeva; devabhāgamDevabhāga; devaśravasamDevaśravā; ānakamĀnaka; sṛñjayamSṛñjaya; śyāmakamŚyāmaka; kaṅkamKaṅkā; śamīkamŚamīka; vatsakamVatsaka; vṛkamVṛka; deva-dundubhayaḥkettledrums sounded by the demigods; neduḥwere beaten; ānakāḥa kind of kettledrum; yasyawhose; janmaniat the time of birth; vasudevamunto Vasudeva; hareḥof the Supreme Personality of Godhead; sthānamthat place; vadantithey call; ānakadundubhimĀnakadundubhi; pṛthāPṛthā; caand; śrutadevāŚrutadevā; caalso; śrutakīrtiḥŚrutakīrti; śrutaśravāḥŚrutaśravā; rājādhidevīRājādhidevī; caalso; eteṣāmof all these; bhaginyaḥsisters; pañcafive; kanyakāḥdaughters (of Śūra); kunteḥof Kunti; sakhyuḥa friend; pitāfather; śūraḥŚūra; hiindeed; aputrasya(of Kunti) who was sonless; pṛthāmPṛthā; adātdelivered..

Translation

Through Māriṣā, King Śūra begot Vasudeva, Devabhāga, Devaśravā, Ānaka, Sṛñjaya, Śyāmaka, Kaṅka, Śamīka, Vatsaka and Vṛka. These ten sons were spotlessly pious personalities. When Vasudeva was born, the demigods from the heavenly kingdom sounded kettledrums. Therefore Vasudeva, who provided the proper place for the appearance of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa, was also known as Ānakadundubhi. The five daughters of King Śūra, named Pṛthā, Śrutadevā, Śrutakīrti, Śrutaśravā and Rājādhidevī, were Vasudeva's sisters. Śūra gave Pṛthā to his friend Kunti, who had no issue, and therefore another name of Pṛthā was Kuntī.

Verse 28–31 of 52
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