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Canto 9 · Liberation · 24 chapters

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Canto 9 · Chapter 24: Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead
9.24.279.24.32

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Texts 9.24.28-31

Visarga· Brahmā's creation

तस्यां स जनयामास दश पुत्रानकल्मषान् । वसुदेवं देवभागं देवश्रवसमानकम् ॥ २८ ॥ सृञ्जयं श्यामकं कङ्कं शमीकं वत्सकं वृकम् । देवदुन्दुभयो नेदुरानका यस्य जन्मनि ॥ २९ ॥ वसुदेवं हरे: स्थानं वदन्त्यानकदुन्दुभिम् । पृथा च श्रुतदेवा च श्रुतकीर्ति: श्रुतश्रवा: ॥ ३० ॥ राजाधिदेवी चैतेषां भगिन्य: पञ्च कन्यका: । कुन्ते: सख्यु: पिता शूरो ह्यपुत्रस्य पृथामदात् ॥ ३१ ॥

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

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.

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Vasudeva Provides the Place for Kṛṣṇa’s Appearance

  1. 1

    Through Māriṣā, King Śūra had ten sons: Vasudeva, Devabhāga, Devaśravā, Ānaka, Sṛñjaya, Śyāmaka, Kaṅka, Śamīka, Vatsaka and Vṛka. All ten were spotlessly pious personalities.

  2. 2

    At Vasudeva’s birth, the heavenly demigods sounded kettledrums, so he was also known as Ānakadundubhi. He provided the proper place for the appearance of Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

  3. 3

    Śūra’s five daughters were Pṛthā, Śrutadevā, Śrutakīrti, Śrutaśravā and Rājādhidevī. Śūra gave Pṛthā to his childless friend Kunti, and she therefore became known as Kuntī.

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