SB 9.24.28-31
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXTS 28-31
- 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
tasyām—in her (Māriṣā); saḥ—he (Śūra); janayām āsa—begot; daśa—ten; putrān—sons; akalmaṣān—spotless; vasudevam—Vasudeva; devabhāgam—Devabhāga; devaśravasam—Devaśravā; ānakam—Ānaka; sṛñjayam—Sṛñjaya; śyāmakam—Śyāmaka; kaṅkam—Kaṅkā; śamīkam—Śamīka; vatsakam—Vatsaka; vṛkam—Vṛka; deva-dundubhayaḥ—kettledrums sounded by the demigods; neduḥ—were beaten; ānakāḥ—a kind of kettledrum; yasya—whose; janmani—at the time of birth; vasudevam—unto Vasudeva; hareḥ—of the Supreme Personality of Godhead; sthānam—that place; vadanti—they call; ānakadundubhim—Ānakadundubhi; pṛthā—Pṛthā; ca—and; śrutadevā—Śrutadevā; ca—also; śrutakīrtiḥ—Śrutakīrti; śrutaśravāḥ—Śrutaśravā; rājādhidevī—Rājādhidevī; ca—also; eteṣām—of all these; bhaginyaḥ—sisters; pañca—five; kanyakāḥ—daughters (of Śūra); kunteḥ—of Kunti; sakhyuḥ—a friend; pitā—father; śūraḥ—Śūra; hi—indeed; aputrasya—(of Kunti) who was sonless; pṛthām—Pṛthā; adāt—delivered.
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.