Bhagavata Purana — Skandha 10 — Chapter 90
SB 10 90.1
श्री-शुक उवाच सुखं स्व-पुर्यां निवसन् द्वारकायां श्रियः पतिः सर्व-सम्पत्-समृद्धायां जुष्टायां वृष्णि-पुङ्गवैः
śrī-śuka uvāca sukhaṃ sva-puryāṃ nivasan dvārakāyāṃ śriyaḥ patiḥ sarva-sampat-samṛddhāyāṃ juṣṭāyāṃ vṛṣṇi-puṅgavaiḥ
Śrī Śuka said: The husband of Śrī dwelt happily in his own city Dvārakā, abounding in every kind of wealth, frequented by the foremost of the Vṛṣṇis,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 90.2
स्त्रीभिश् चोत्तम-वेषाभिर् नव-यौवन-कान्तिभिः कन्दुकादिभिर् हर्म्येषु क्रीडन्तीभिस् तडिद्-द्युभिः
strībhiś cottama-veṣābhir nava-yauvana-kāntibhiḥ kandukādibhir harmyeṣu krīḍantībhis taḍid-dyubhiḥ
and with women in the finest dress, with the loveliness of fresh youth, playing with balls and the like on the mansion-roofs, radiant as lightning —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 90.3
नित्यं सङ्कुल-मार्गायां मद-च्युद्भिर् मतङ्-गजैः स्व्-अलङ्कृतैर् भटैर् अश्वै रथैश् च कनकोज्ज्वलैः
nityaṃ saṅkula-mārgāyāṃ mada-cyudbhir mataṅ-gajaiḥ sv-alaṅkṛtair bhaṭair aśvai rathaiś ca kanakojjvalaiḥ
(a city) whose streets were always thronged with rutting elephants dripping their fluid, with well-adorned foot-soldiers, with horses, and with chariots blazing with gold,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 90.4
उद्यानोपवनाढ्यायां पुष्पित-द्रुम-राजिषु निर्विशद्-भृङ्ग-विहगैर् नादितायां समन्ततः
udyānopavanāḍhyāyāṃ puṣpita-druma-rājiṣu nirviśad-bhṛṅga-vihagair nāditāyāṃ samantataḥ
rich in gardens and pleasure-groves, resounding on all sides with bees and birds settling in the rows of flowering trees —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 90.5
रेमे षोडश-साहस्र- पत्नीनां एक-वल्लभः तावद् विचित्र-रूपो ऽसौ तद्-गेहेषु महर्द्धिषु
reme ṣoḍaśa-sāhasra- patnīnāṃ eka-vallabhaḥ tāvad vicitra-rūpo 'sau tad-geheṣu maharddhiṣu
the sole beloved of sixteen thousand wives, he took his pleasure, assuming as many varied forms, in their richly appointed houses,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 90.6
प्रोत्फुल्लोत्पल-कह्लार- कुमुदाम्भोज-रेणुभिः वासितामल-तोयेषु कूजद्-द्विज-कुलेषु च
protphullotpala-kahlāra- kumudāmbhoja-reṇubhiḥ vāsitāmala-toyeṣu kūjad-dvija-kuleṣu ca
and in (pools) whose clear water was made fragrant by the pollen of fully opened utpala, kahlāra, kumuda and ambhoja lotuses, and where flocks of birds called,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 90.7
विजहार विगाह्याम्भो ह्रदिनीषु महोदयः कुच-कुङ्कुम-लिप्ताङ्गः परिरब्धश् च योषिताम्
vijahāra vigāhyāmbho hradinīṣu mahodayaḥ kuca-kuṅkuma-liptāṅgaḥ parirabdhaś ca yoṣitām
the greatly glorious one sported, plunging into the water in the ponds, his limbs smeared with the kuṅkuma from the women's breasts and embraced by them,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 90.8
उपगीयमानो गन्धर्वैर् मृदङ्ग-पणवानकान् वादयद्भिर् मुदा वीणां सूत-मागध-वन्दिभिः
upagīyamāno gandharvair mṛdaṅga-paṇavānakān vādayadbhir mudā vīṇāṃ sūta-māgadha-vandibhiḥ
sung to by Gandharvas who joyfully played mṛdaṅgas, paṇavas and ānaka drums and the vīṇā, and by bards, chroniclers and panegyrists.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 90.9
सिच्यमानो ऽच्युतस् ताभिर् हसन्तीभिः स्म रेचकैः प्रतिषिञ्चन् विचिक्रीडे यक्षीभिर् यक्ष-राड् इव
sicyamāno 'cyutas tābhir hasantībhiḥ sma recakaiḥ pratiṣiñcan vicikrīḍe yakṣībhir yakṣa-rāḍ iva
Sprinkled by them with squirt-tubes as they laughed, Acyuta sprinkled them in return and played on, like the king of the Yakṣas with Yakṣa women.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 90.10
ताः क्लिन्न-वस्त्र-विवृतोरु-कुच-प्रदेशाः सिञ्चन्त्य उद्धृत-बृहत्-कवर-प्रसूनाः अम्प्;कान्तं स्म रेचक-जिहीर्षययोपगुह्य जात-स्मरोत्स्मय-लसद्-वदना विरेजुः
tāḥ klinna-vastra-vivṛtoru-kuca-pradeśāḥ siñcantya uddhṛta-bṛhat-kavara-prasūnāḥ kāntaṃ sma recaka-jihīrṣayayopaguhya jāta-smarotsmaya-lasad-vadanā virejuḥ
They, the region of their thighs and breasts uncovered by their soaked garments, sprinkling him, the flowers slipping from their loosened great braids, embracing their beloved in the wish to snatch away his squirt-tube, their faces shining with awakened desire and smiles, looked resplendent.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 90.11
कृष्णस् तु तत्-स्तन-विषज्जित-कुङ्कुम-स्रक् क्रीडाभिषङ्ग-धुत-कुन्तल-वृन्द-बन्धः कृष्णस् तु तत्-स्तन-विषज्जित-कुङ्कुम-स्रक् क्रीडाभिषङ्ग-धुत-कुन्तल-वृन्द-बन्धः सिञ्चन् मुहुर् युवतिभिः प्रतिषिच्यमानो रेमे करेणुभिर् इवेभ-पतिः परीतः
kṛṣṇas tu tat-stana-viṣajjita-kuṅkuma-srak krīḍābhiṣaṅga-dhuta-kuntala-vṛnda-bandhaḥ kṛṣṇas tu tat-stana-viṣajjita-kuṅkuma-srak krīḍābhiṣaṅga-dhuta-kuntala-vṛnda-bandhaḥ siñcan muhur yuvatibhiḥ pratiṣicyamāno reme kareṇubhir ivebha-patiḥ parītaḥ
But Kṛṣṇa, his kuṅkuma-garland clinging to their breasts, the knot of his mass of curls shaken loose by the exertion of play, sprinkling and again and again being sprinkled by the young women, took his delight, like the lord of elephants encircled by his cows.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 90.12
नटानां नर्तकीनां च गीत-वाद्योपजीविनाम् क्रीडालङ्कार-वासांसि कृष्णो ऽदात् तस्य च स्त्रियः
naṭānāṃ nartakīnāṃ ca gīta-vādyopajīvinām krīḍālaṅkāra-vāsāṃsi kṛṣṇo 'dāt tasya ca striyaḥ
To the actors and dancing-women who lived by song and instrumental music Kṛṣṇa gave the ornaments and garments (used) in the play, and his wives did the same.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 90.13
कृष्णस्यैवं विहरतो गत्य्-आलापेक्षित-स्मितैः नर्म-क्ष्वेलि-परिष्वङ्गैः स्त्रीणां किल हृता धियः
kṛṣṇasyaivaṃ viharato gaty-ālāpekṣita-smitaiḥ narma-kṣveli-pariṣvaṅgaiḥ strīṇāṃ kila hṛtā dhiyaḥ
As Kṛṣṇa sported in this way, the women's minds were, indeed, carried off by his gait, his talk, his glances and smiles, his jesting, his dalliance and his embraces.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 90.14
ऊचुर् मुकुन्दैक-धियो गिर उन्मत्त-वज् जडम् चिन्तयन्त्यो ऽरविन्दाक्षं तानि मे गदतः शृणु
ūcur mukundaika-dhiyo gira unmatta-vaj jaḍam cintayantyo 'ravindākṣaṃ tāni me gadataḥ śṛṇu
With their thoughts fixed on Mukunda alone, dwelling on the lotus-eyed one, they uttered words dully, like madwomen. Hear those (words) from me as I speak them.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 90.15
महिष्य ऊचुः कुररि विलपसि त्वं वीत-निद्रा न शेषे स्वपिति जगति रात्र्याम् ईश्वरो गुप्त-बोधः कुररि विलपसि त्वं वीत-निद्रा न शेषे स्वपिति जगति रात्र्याम् ईश्वरो गुप्त-बोधः वयम् इव सखि कच्चिद् गाढ-निर्विद्ध-चेता नलिन-नयन-हासोदार-लीलेक्षितेन
mahiṣya ūcuḥ kurari vilapasi tvaṃ vīta-nidrā na śeṣe svapiti jagati rātryām īśvaro gupta-bodhaḥ kurari vilapasi tvaṃ vīta-nidrā na śeṣe svapiti jagati rātryām īśvaro gupta-bodhaḥ vayam iva sakhi kaccid gāḍha-nirviddha-cetā nalina-nayana-hāsodāra-līlekṣitena
The queens said: O osprey, you cry out; sleepless, you do not rest. In the night the Lord sleeps in the world, his awareness concealed. Or is your heart, friend, like ours, deeply pierced through by the lotus-eyed one's smiling, generous, playful glance?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 10 90.16
नेत्रे निमीलयसि नक्तम् अदृष्ट-बन्धुस् त्वं रोरवीषि करुणं बत चक्रवाकि नेत्रे निमीलयसि नक्तम् अदृष्ट-बन्धुस् त्वं रोरवीषि करुणं बत चक्रवाकि दास्यं गत वयम् इवाच्युत-पाद-जुष्टां किं वा स्रजं स्पृहयसे कवरेण वोढुम्
netre nimīlayasi naktam adṛṣṭa-bandhus tvaṃ roravīṣi karuṇaṃ bata cakravāki netre nimīlayasi naktam adṛṣṭa-bandhus tvaṃ roravīṣi karuṇaṃ bata cakravāki dāsyaṃ gata vayam ivācyuta-pāda-juṣṭāṃ kiṃ vā srajaṃ spṛhayase kavareṇa voḍhum
You close your eyes at night, your mate unseen, and cry out piteously, alas, O cakravākī. Or have you, like us, come into servitude, and do you long to bear on your braid the garland that has served Acyuta's feet?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 90.17
भो भोः सदा निष्टनसे उदन्वन्न् अलब्ध-निद्रो ऽधिगत-प्रजागरः किम् वा मुकुन्दापहृतात्म-लाञ्छनः प्राप्तां दशां त्वं च गतो दुरत्ययाम्
bho bhoḥ sadā niṣṭanase udanvann alabdha-nidro 'dhigata-prajāgaraḥ kim vā mukundāpahṛtātma-lāñchanaḥ prāptāṃ daśāṃ tvaṃ ca gato duratyayām
Ho there, ocean, you roar without cease, getting no sleep, overtaken by sleeplessness. Or have you too, your own marks carried off by Mukunda, come to a state hard to get past, as we have?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 90.18
त्वं यक्ष्मणा बलवतासि गृहीत इन्दो क्षीणस् तमो न निज-दीधितिभिः क्षिणोषि अम्प्;कच्चिन् मुकुन्द-गदितानि यथा वयं त्वं विस्मृत्य भोः स्थगित-गीर् उपलक्ष्यसे नः
tvaṃ yakṣmaṇā balavatāsi gṛhīta indo kṣīṇas tamo na nija-dīdhitibhiḥ kṣiṇoṣi kaccin mukunda-gaditāni yathā vayaṃ tvaṃ vismṛtya bhoḥ sthagita-gīr upalakṣyase naḥ
You have been seized by a strong consumption, O moon: wasted, you do not diminish the darkness with your own rays. Or, ho, having forgotten Mukunda's utterances as we (have not), do you appear to us with your speech stopped?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 10 90.19
किं न्व् आचरितम् अस्माभिर् मलयानिल ते ऽप्रियम् गोविन्दापाङ्ग-निर्भिन्ने हृदीरयसि नः स्मरम्
kiṃ nv ācaritam asmābhir malayānila te 'priyam govindāpāṅga-nirbhinne hṛdīrayasi naḥ smaram
What indeed have we done that displeases you, O Malaya breeze, that you rouse desire in our hearts already pierced through by Govinda's sidelong glance?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 90.20
मेघ श्रीमंस् त्वम् असि दयितो यादवेन्द्रस्य नूनं श्रीवत्साङ्कं वयम् इव भवान् ध्यायति प्रेम-बद्धः अम्प्;अत्य्-उत्कण्ठः शवल-हृदयो ऽस्मद्-विधो बाष्प-धाराः स्मृत्वा स्मृत्वा विसृजसि मुहुर् दुःख-दस् तत्-प्रसङ्गः
megha śrīmaṃs tvam asi dayito yādavendrasya nūnaṃ śrīvatsāṅkaṃ vayam iva bhavān dhyāyati prema-baddhaḥ aty-utkaṇṭhaḥ śavala-hṛdayo 'smad-vidho bāṣpa-dhārāḥ smṛtvā smṛtvā visṛjasi muhur duḥkha-das tat-prasaṅgaḥ
O cloud, glorious one, surely you are dear to the lord of the Yādavas; bound by love, you meditate, as we do, upon him who bears the Śrīvatsa mark. Full of longing, with a heart darkened like ours, you release streams of tears again and again as you remember him — attachment to him gives pain.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 90.21
प्रिय-राव-पदानि भाषसे मृत-सञ्जीविकयानया गिरा करवाणि किम् अद्य ते प्रियं वद मे वल्गित-कण्ठ कोकिल
priya-rāva-padāni bhāṣase mṛta-sañjīvikayānayā girā karavāṇi kim adya te priyaṃ vada me valgita-kaṇṭha kokila
You speak words of lovely sound; by this voice, which revives the dead, what may I do for you today that will please you? Tell me, O cuckoo of the trilling throat.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 90.22
न चलसि न वदस्य् उदार-बुद्धे क्षिति-धर चिन्तयसे महान्तम् अर्थम् अपि बत वसुदेव-नन्दनाङ्घ्रिं वयम् इव कामयसे स्तनैर् विधर्तुम्
na calasi na vadasy udāra-buddhe kṣiti-dhara cintayase mahāntam artham api bata vasudeva-nandanāṅghriṃ vayam iva kāmayase stanair vidhartum
You do not move, you do not speak, O broad-minded one, O mountain — are you pondering some great matter? Or do you too, alas, wish, as we do, to hold the foot of Vasudeva's son upon your breasts?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 90.23
शुष्यद्-ध्रदाः करशिता बत सिन्धु-पत्न्यः सम्प्रत्य् अपास्त-कमल-श्रिय इष्ट-भर्तुः अम्प्;यद्वद् वयं मधु-पतेः प्रणयावलोकम् अप्राप्य मुष्ट-हृदयाः पुरु-कर्शिताः स्म
śuṣyad-dhradāḥ karaśitā bata sindhu-patnyaḥ sampraty apāsta-kamala-śriya iṣṭa-bhartuḥ yadvad vayaṃ madhu-pateḥ praṇayāvalokam aprāpya muṣṭa-hṛdayāḥ puru-karśitāḥ sma
With your pools drying up you are grown thin, alas, O wives of the ocean, now stripped of the splendour of your lotuses — just as we, not gaining the loving glance of the lord of Madhu, have had our hearts stolen away and are utterly wasted.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 90.24
हंस स्वागतम् आस्यतां पिब पयो ब्रूह्य् अङ्ग शौरेः कथां दूतं त्वां नु विदाम कच्चिद् अजितः स्वस्त्य् आस्त उक्तं पुरा हंस स्वागतम् आस्यतां पिब पयो ब्रूह्य् अङ्ग शौरेः कथां दूतं त्वां नु विदाम कच्चिद् अजितः स्वस्त्य् आस्त उक्तं पुरा किं वा नश् चल-सौहृदः स्मरति तं कस्माद् भजामो वयं क्षौद्रालापय काम-दं श्रियम् ऋते सैवैक-निष्ठा स्त्रियाम्
haṃsa svāgatam āsyatāṃ piba payo brūhy aṅga śaureḥ kathāṃ dūtaṃ tvāṃ nu vidāma kaccid ajitaḥ svasty āsta uktaṃ purā haṃsa svāgatam āsyatāṃ piba payo brūhy aṅga śaureḥ kathāṃ dūtaṃ tvāṃ nu vidāma kaccid ajitaḥ svasty āsta uktaṃ purā kiṃ vā naś cala-sauhṛdaḥ smarati taṃ kasmād bhajāmo vayaṃ kṣaudrālāpaya kāma-daṃ śriyam ṛte saivaika-niṣṭhā striyām
Swan, welcome! Be seated, drink milk; tell us, dear one, news of Śauri. Are we to take you for his messenger? Is the unconquered one well? Swan, welcome! Be seated, drink milk; tell us, dear one, news of Śauri. Are we to take you for his messenger? Is the unconquered one well? Or does he of fickle affection remember what he said to us long ago? Why should we serve him? Say this to that honeyed talker: apart from Śrī, who grants desires — she alone among women is single-mindedly devoted to him.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 10 90.25
श्री-शुक उवाच इतीदृशेन भावेन कृष्णे योगेश्वरेश्वरे क्रियमाणेन माधव्यो लेभिरे परमां गतिम्
śrī-śuka uvāca itīdṛśena bhāvena kṛṣṇe yogeśvareśvare kriyamāṇena mādhavyo lebhire paramāṃ gatim
Śrī Śuka said: With such an attitude as this, directed toward Kṛṣṇa, the lord of the masters of yoga, the wives of Mādhava attained the supreme destination.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 90.26
श्रुत-मात्रो ऽपि यः स्त्रीणां प्रसह्याकर्षते मनः उरु-गायोरु-गीतो वा पश्यन्तीनां च किं पुनः
śruta-mātro 'pi yaḥ strīṇāṃ prasahyākarṣate manaḥ uru-gāyoru-gīto vā paśyantīnāṃ ca kiṃ punaḥ
He who, merely heard of, forcibly draws away the minds of women — he of wide renown, widely sung — how much more so for those who behold him?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 90.27
याः सम्पर्यचरन् प्रेम्णा पाद-संवाहनादिभिः जगद्-गुरुं भर्तृ-बुद्ध्या तासां किम् वर्ण्यते तपः
yāḥ samparyacaran premṇā pāda-saṃvāhanādibhiḥ jagad-guruṃ bhartṛ-buddhyā tāsāṃ kim varṇyate tapaḥ
As for those who lovingly served the world's teacher with massaging of his feet and the like, taking him for their husband — how can their austerity be described?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 90.28
एवं वेदोदितं धर्मम् अनुतिष्ठन् सतां गतिः गृहं धर्मार्थ-कामानां मुहुश् चादर्शयत् पदम्
evaṃ vedoditaṃ dharmam anutiṣṭhan satāṃ gatiḥ gṛhaṃ dharmārtha-kāmānāṃ muhuś cādarśayat padam
Thus, carrying out the dharma taught in the Vedas, he, the refuge of the good, repeatedly showed household life to be the ground of dharma, wealth and pleasure.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 90.29
आस्थितस्य परं धर्मं कृष्णस्य गृह-मेधिनाम् आसन् षोडश-साहस्रं महिष्यश् च शताधिकम्
āsthitasya paraṃ dharmaṃ kṛṣṇasya gṛha-medhinām āsan ṣoḍaśa-sāhasraṃ mahiṣyaś ca śatādhikam
Kṛṣṇa, who abided in the supreme dharma of householders, had sixteen thousand queens, and a hundred more.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 90.30
तासां स्त्री-रत्न-भूतानाम् अष्टौ याः प्राग् उदाहृताः रुक्मिणी-प्रमुखा राजंस् तत्-पुत्राश् चानुपूर्वशः
tāsāṃ strī-ratna-bhūtānām aṣṭau yāḥ prāg udāhṛtāḥ rukmiṇī-pramukhā rājaṃs tat-putrāś cānupūrvaśaḥ
Of these, who were jewels among women, the eight headed by Rukmiṇī were spoken of before, O king, and their sons in order.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 90.31
एकैकस्यां दश दश कृष्णो ऽजीजनद् आत्मजान् यावत्य आत्मनो भार्या अमोघ-गतिर् ईश्वरः
ekaikasyāṃ daśa daśa kṛṣṇo 'jījanad ātmajān yāvatya ātmano bhāryā amogha-gatir īśvaraḥ
In each one Kṛṣṇa begot ten sons apiece, in as many as were his own wives — the Lord whose aim is never thwarted.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 90.32
तेषाम् उद्दाम-वीर्याणाम् अष्टा-दश महा-रथाः आसन्न् उदार-यशसस् तेषां नामानि मे शृणु
teṣām uddāma-vīryāṇām aṣṭā-daśa mahā-rathāḥ āsann udāra-yaśasas teṣāṃ nāmāni me śṛṇu
Of those (sons) of unrestrained valour, eighteen were great chariot-warriors of lofty fame; hear their names from me.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 90.33
प्रद्युम्नश् चानिरुद्धश् च दीप्तिमान् भानुर् एव च साम्बो मधुर् बृहद्भानुश् चित्रभानुर् वृको ऽरुणः
pradyumnaś cāniruddhaś ca dīptimān bhānur eva ca sāmbo madhur bṛhadbhānuś citrabhānur vṛko 'ruṇaḥ
Pradyumna and Aniruddha, Dīptimān and Bhānu, Sāmba, Madhu, Bṛhadbhānu, Citrabhānu, Vṛka, Aruṇa,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 90.34
पुष्करो वेदबाहुश् च श्रुतदेवः सुनन्दनः चित्रबाहुर् विरूपश् च कविर् न्यग्रोध एव च
puṣkaro vedabāhuś ca śrutadevaḥ sunandanaḥ citrabāhur virūpaś ca kavir nyagrodha eva ca
Puṣkara and Vedabāhu, Śrutadeva, Sunandana, Citrabāhu and Virūpa, Kavi, and Nyagrodha.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 90.35
एतेषाम् अपि राजेन्द्र तनु-जानां मधु-द्विषः प्रद्युम्न आसीत् प्रथमः पितृ-वद् रुक्मिणी-सुतः
eteṣām api rājendra tanu-jānāṃ madhu-dviṣaḥ pradyumna āsīt prathamaḥ pitṛ-vad rukmiṇī-sutaḥ
Among these sons too of the foe of Madhu, O best of kings, Pradyumna, the son of Rukmiṇī, was the first, being like his father.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 90.36
स रुक्मिणो दुहितरम् उपयेमे महा-रथः तस्यां ततो ऽनिरुद्धो ऽभूत् नागायत-बलान्वितः
sa rukmiṇo duhitaram upayeme mahā-rathaḥ tasyāṃ tato 'niruddho 'bhūt nāgāyata-balānvitaḥ
That great chariot-warrior married the daughter of Rukmī; from her then was born Aniruddha, endowed with the strength of ten thousand elephants.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 90.37
स चापि रुक्मिणः पौत्रीं दौहित्रो जगृहे ततः वज्रस् तस्याभवद् यस् तु मौषलाद् अवशेषितः
sa cāpi rukmiṇaḥ pautrīṃ dauhitro jagṛhe tataḥ vajras tasyābhavad yas tu mauṣalād avaśeṣitaḥ
And he too, being (Rukmī's) daughter's son, took Rukmī's granddaughter; from her was born Vajra, who was the one left over from the affair of the clubs.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 90.38
प्रतिबाहुर् अभूत् तस्मात् सुबाहुस् तस्य चात्मजः सुबाहोः शान्तसेनो ऽभूच् छतसेनस् तु तत्-सुतः
pratibāhur abhūt tasmāt subāhus tasya cātmajaḥ subāhoḥ śāntaseno 'bhūc chatasenas tu tat-sutaḥ
From him came Pratibāhu, and his son was Subāhu; from Subāhu came Śāntasena, and Śatasena was his son.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 90.39
न ह्य् एतस्मिन् कुले जाता अधना अबहु-प्रजाः अल्पायुषो ऽल्प-वीर्याश् च अब्रह्मण्याश् च जज्ञिरे
na hy etasmin kule jātā adhanā abahu-prajāḥ alpāyuṣo 'lpa-vīryāś ca abrahmaṇyāś ca jajñire
For none born in this family came into being poor, lacking numerous offspring, short-lived, of little strength, or unfriendly to brāhmaṇas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 90.40
यदु-वंश-प्रसूतानां पुंसां विख्यात-कर्मणाम् सङ्ख्या न शक्यते कर्तुम् अपि वर्षायुतैर् नृप
yadu-vaṃśa-prasūtānāṃ puṃsāṃ vikhyāta-karmaṇām saṅkhyā na śakyate kartum api varṣāyutair nṛpa
Of the men born in the Yadu line, whose deeds were renowned, a counting cannot be made even in ten thousand years, O king.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 90.41
तिस्रः कोट्यः सहस्राणाम् अष्टाशीति-शतानि च आसन् यदु-कुलाचार्याः कुमाराणाम् इति श्रुतम्
tisraḥ koṭyaḥ sahasrāṇām aṣṭāśīti-śatāni ca āsan yadu-kulācāryāḥ kumārāṇām iti śrutam
Three crores of thousands and eighty-eight hundred were the teachers of the boys of the Yadu clan — so it is heard.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 10 90.42
सङ्ख्यानं यादवानां कः करिष्यति महात्मनाम् यत्रायुतानाम् अयुत- लक्षेणास्ते स आहुकः
saṅkhyānaṃ yādavānāṃ kaḥ kariṣyati mahātmanām yatrāyutānām ayuta- lakṣeṇāste sa āhukaḥ
Who could make a count of the great-souled Yādavas, among whom that Āhuka alone abides with a hundred thousand times ten thousand ten-thousands?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 10 90.43
देवासुराहव-हता दैतेया ये सु-दारुणाः ते चोत्पन्ना मनुष्येषु प्रजा दृप्ता बबाधिरे
devāsurāhava-hatā daiteyā ye su-dāruṇāḥ te cotpannā manuṣyeṣu prajā dṛptā babādhire
Those exceedingly fierce Daiteyas who had been slain in the battle of the gods and the demons — they were born again among human beings, and, arrogant, they harassed the people.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 90.44
तन्-निग्रहाय हरिणा प्रोक्ता देवा यदोः कुले अवतीर्णाः कुल-शतं तेषाम् एकाधिकं नृप
tan-nigrahāya hariṇā proktā devā yadoḥ kule avatīrṇāḥ kula-śataṃ teṣām ekādhikaṃ nṛpa
For their suppression the gods were bidden by Hari, and they descended into the clan of Yadu: their families were a hundred and one, O king.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 90.45
तेषां प्रमाणं भगवान् प्रभुत्वेनाभवद् धरिः ये चानुवर्तिनस् तस्य ववृधुः सर्व-यादवाः
teṣāṃ pramāṇaṃ bhagavān prabhutvenābhavad dhariḥ ye cānuvartinas tasya vavṛdhuḥ sarva-yādavāḥ
Lord Hari, by his sovereignty, became the authority for them; and all the Yādavas, who were his followers, prospered.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 90.46
शय्यासनाटनालाप- क्रीडा-स्नानादि-कर्मसु न विदुः सन्तम् आत्मानं वृष्णयः कृष्ण-चेतसः
śayyāsanāṭanālāpa- krīḍā-snānādi-karmasu na viduḥ santam ātmānaṃ vṛṣṇayaḥ kṛṣṇa-cetasaḥ
In lying down, sitting, walking about, conversing, playing, bathing and other acts, the Vṛṣṇis, their thoughts on Kṛṣṇa, were not aware of their own existing selves.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 90.47
तीर्थं चक्रे नृपोनं यद् अजनि यदुषु स्वः-सरित् पाद-शौचं विद्विट्-स्निग्धाः स्वरूपं ययुर् अजित-पर श्रीर् यद्-अर्थे ऽन्य-यत्नः अम्प्;यन्-नामामङ्गल-घ्नं श्रुतम् अथ गदितं यत्-कृतो गोत्र-धर्मः कृष्णस्यैतन् न चित्रं क्षिति-भर-हरणं काल-चक्रायुधस्य
tīrthaṃ cakre nṛponaṃ yad ajani yaduṣu svaḥ-sarit pāda-śaucaṃ vidviṭ-snigdhāḥ svarūpaṃ yayur ajita-para śrīr yad-arthe 'nya-yatnaḥ yan-nāmāmaṅgala-ghnaṃ śrutam atha gaditaṃ yat-kṛto gotra-dharmaḥ kṛṣṇasyaitan na citraṃ kṣiti-bhara-haraṇaṃ kāla-cakrāyudhasya
He made a place of pilgrimage of what was without one (?), in that he was born among the Yadus; the heavenly river became the water that washed his feet; those who hated him and those who loved him alike attained their true form; Śrī, for whose sake others make their effort, (is his) — O unconquered supreme one! — his name, heard or uttered, destroys inauspiciousness, and by him the duty of lineages was established: so this removing of the earth's burden is no wonder for Kṛṣṇa, whose weapon is the wheel of time.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 10 90.48
जयति जन-निवासो देवकी-जन्म-वादो यदु-वर-परिषत् स्वैर् दोर्भिर् अस्यन्न् अधर्मम् जयति जन-निवासो देवकी-जन्म-वादो यदु-वर-परिषत् स्वैर् दोर्भिर् अस्यन्न् अधर्मम् स्थिर-चर-वृजिन-घ्नः सु-स्मित-श्री-मुखेन व्रज-पुर-वनितानां वर्धयन् काम-देवम्
jayati jana-nivāso devakī-janma-vādo yadu-vara-pariṣat svair dorbhir asyann adharmam jayati jana-nivāso devakī-janma-vādo yadu-vara-pariṣat svair dorbhir asyann adharmam sthira-cara-vṛjina-ghnaḥ su-smita-śrī-mukhena vraja-pura-vanitānāṃ vardhayan kāma-devam
Victorious is he who dwells within (all) people, whose birth from Devakī is (only so) spoken of, whose assembly is the best of the Yadus, casting away unrighteousness with his own arms; victorious is he who destroys the distress of the moving and the unmoving, and who, with his beautiful smiling lovely face, increases the desire of the women of Vraja and of the city.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 90.49
इत्थं परस्य निज-वर्त्म-रिरक्षयात्त- लीला-तनोस् तद्-अनुरूप-विडम्बनानि इत्थं परस्य निज-वर्त्म-रिरक्षयात्त- लीला-तनोस् तद्-अनुरूप-विडम्बनानि कर्माणि कर्म-कषणानि यदूत्तमस्य श्रूयाद् अमुष्य पदयोर् अनुवृत्तिम् इच्छन्
itthaṃ parasya nija-vartma-rirakṣayātta- līlā-tanos tad-anurūpa-viḍambanāni itthaṃ parasya nija-vartma-rirakṣayātta- līlā-tanos tad-anurūpa-viḍambanāni karmāṇi karma-kaṣaṇāni yadūttamasya śrūyād amuṣya padayor anuvṛttim icchan
Thus (are) the imitations, suited to it, of the Supreme, who has assumed a body of play in order to protect his own path — deeds of the best of the Yadus that scour away (the bondage of) action. Let one who desires to follow at his feet hear them.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 90.50
मर्त्यस् तयानुसवम् एधितया मुकुन्द श्रीमत्-कथा-श्रवण-कीर्तन-चिन्तयैति मर्त्यस् तयानुसवम् एधितया मुकुन्द श्रीमत्-कथा-श्रवण-कीर्तन-चिन्तयैति तद् धाम दुस्तर-कृतान्त-जवापवर्गं ग्रामाद् वनं क्षिति-भुजो ऽपि ययुर् यद्-अर्थाः
martyas tayānusavam edhitayā mukunda śrīmat-kathā-śravaṇa-kīrtana-cintayaiti martyas tayānusavam edhitayā mukunda śrīmat-kathā-śravaṇa-kīrtana-cintayaiti tad dhāma dustara-kṛtānta-javāpavargaṃ grāmād vanaṃ kṣiti-bhujo 'pi yayur yad-arthāḥ
A mortal, by that (hearing, chanting and contemplating) increased at every juncture — O Mukunda, by the hearing, chanting and contemplating of the glorious accounts (of you) — goes to that abode where there is release from the speed of hard-to-cross death, for whose sake even rulers of the earth went from village to forest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain