Bhagavata Purana — Skandha 9 — Chapter 24

SB 9 24.1

श्रीशुक उवाच तस्यां विदर्भो ऽजनयत् पुत्रौ नाम्ना कुशक्रथौ तृतीयं रोमपादं च विदर्भकुलनन्दनम्

śrīśuka uvāca tasyāṃ vidarbho 'janayat putrau nāmnā kuśakrathau tṛtīyaṃ romapādaṃ ca vidarbhakulanandanam

Śrī Śuka said: In her Vidarbha begot two sons named Kuśa and Kratha, and a third, Romapāda, the delight of the Vidarbha line.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 9 24.2

रोमपादसुतो बभ्रुर्बभ्रोः कृतिरजायत उशिकस्तत्सुतस्तस्माच् चेदिश्चैद्यादयो नृपाः

romapādasuto babhrurbabhroḥ kṛtirajāyata uśikastatsutastasmāc cediścaidyādayo nṛpāḥ

Romapāda's son was Babhru; of Babhru, Kṛti was born; Uśika was his son; from him came Cedi, from whom the Caidya kings and the rest.

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SB 9 24.3

क्रथस्य कुन्तिः पुत्रो ऽभूद् वृष्णिस्तस्याथ निर्वृतिः ततो दशार्हो नाम्नाभूत् तस्य व्योमः सुतस्ततः

krathasya kuntiḥ putro 'bhūd vṛṣṇistasyātha nirvṛtiḥ tato daśārho nāmnābhūt tasya vyomaḥ sutastataḥ

Kratha's son was Kunti; his was Vṛṣṇi, and then Nirvṛti; from him came one named Daśārha; his son was Vyoma, and from him

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SB 9 24.4

जीमूतो विकृतिस्तस्य यस्य भीमरथः सुतः ततो नवरथः पुत्रो जातो दशरथस्ततः

jīmūto vikṛtistasya yasya bhīmarathaḥ sutaḥ tato navarathaḥ putro jāto daśarathastataḥ

Jīmūta; his son Vikṛti, whose son was Bhīmaratha; from him a son Navaratha was born, and from him Daśaratha.

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SB 9 24.5

करम्भिः शकुनेः पुत्रो देवरातस्तदात्मजः देवक्षत्रस्ततस्तस्य मधुः कुरुवशादनुः

karambhiḥ śakuneḥ putro devarātastadātmajaḥ devakṣatrastatastasya madhuḥ kuruvaśādanuḥ

Karambhi was the son of Śakuni; Devarāta was his son; from him Devakṣatra; his (son) was Madhu, and from Kuruvaśa, Anu.

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SB 9 24.6

पुरुहोत्रस्त्व् अनोः पुत्रस्तस्यायुः सात्वतस्ततः भजमानो भजिर्दिव्यो वृष्णिर्देवावृधो ऽन्धकः

puruhotrastv anoḥ putrastasyāyuḥ sātvatastataḥ bhajamāno bhajirdivyo vṛṣṇirdevāvṛdho 'ndhakaḥ

Puruhotra was the son of Anu; his son was Āyu, and from him Sātvata. (Sātvata's sons were) Bhajamāna, Bhaji, Divya, Vṛṣṇi, Devāvṛdha and Andhaka.

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SB 9 24.7

सात्वतस्य सुताः सप्त महाभोजश्च मारिष भजमानस्य निम्लोचिः किङ्कणो धृष्टिरेव च

sātvatasya sutāḥ sapta mahābhojaśca māriṣa bhajamānasya nimlociḥ kiṅkaṇo dhṛṣṭireva ca

The sons of Sātvata were seven, including Mahābhoja, O respected one. Of Bhajamāna (the sons were) Nimloci, Kiṅkaṇa and Dhṛṣṭi.

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SB 9 24.8

एकस्यामात्मजाः पत्न्यामन्यस्यां च त्रयः सुताः शताजिच् च सहस्राजिदयुताजिदिति प्रभो

ekasyāmātmajāḥ patnyāmanyasyāṃ ca trayaḥ sutāḥ śatājic ca sahasrājidayutājiditi prabho

These sons (were born) of one wife, and of another there were three sons: Śatājit, Sahasrājit and Ayutājit, O lord.

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SB 9 24.9

बभ्रुर्देवावृधसुतस्तयोः श्लोकौ पठन्त्यमू यथैव शृणुमो दूरात् सम्पश्यामस्तथान्तिकात्

babhrurdevāvṛdhasutastayoḥ ślokau paṭhantyamū yathaiva śṛṇumo dūrāt sampaśyāmastathāntikāt

Babhru was the son of Devāvṛdha. About these two people recite these two verses: "Just as we hear from afar, so do we see it up close."

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SB 9 24.10

बभ्रुः श्रेष्ठो मनुष्याणां देवैर्देवावृधः समः पुरुषाः पञ्चषष्टिश्च षट्सहस्राणि चाष्ट च

babhruḥ śreṣṭho manuṣyāṇāṃ devairdevāvṛdhaḥ samaḥ puruṣāḥ pañcaṣaṣṭiśca ṣaṭsahasrāṇi cāṣṭa ca

"Babhru is the best of men, and Devāvṛdha is equal to the gods; and the men were sixty-five, and six thousand and eight (thousand)."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

SB 9 24.11

ये ऽमृतत्वमनुप्राप्ता बभ्रोर्देवावृधादपि महाभोजो ऽतिधर्मात्मा भोजा आसंस्तदन्वये

ye 'mṛtatvamanuprāptā babhrordevāvṛdhādapi mahābhojo 'tidharmātmā bhojā āsaṃstadanvaye

who attained immortality through Babhru and also through Devāvṛdha. Mahābhoja was exceedingly righteous of soul; the Bhojas arose in his line.

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SB 9 24.12

वृष्णेः सुमित्रः पुत्रो ऽभूद्युधाजिच् च परन्तप शिनिस्तस्यानमित्रश्च निघ्नो ऽभूदनमित्रतः

vṛṣṇeḥ sumitraḥ putro 'bhūdyudhājic ca parantapa śinistasyānamitraśca nighno 'bhūdanamitrataḥ

Vṛṣṇi's son was Sumitra, and also Yudhājit, O scorcher of foes. His (sons were) Śini and Anamitra; from Anamitra came Nighna.

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SB 9 24.13

सत्राजितः प्रसेनश्च निघ्नस्याथासतुः सुतौ अनमित्रसुतो यो ऽन्यः शिनिस्तस्य च सत्यकः

satrājitaḥ prasenaśca nighnasyāthāsatuḥ sutau anamitrasuto yo 'nyaḥ śinistasya ca satyakaḥ

Satrājit and Prasena were the two sons of Nighna. The other son of Anamitra was Śini, and his son was Satyaka.

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SB 9 24.14

युयुधानः सात्यकिर्वै जयस्तस्य कुणिस्ततः युगन्धरो ऽनमित्रस्य वृष्णिः पुत्रो ऽपरस्ततः

yuyudhānaḥ sātyakirvai jayastasya kuṇistataḥ yugandharo 'namitrasya vṛṣṇiḥ putro 'parastataḥ

Yuyudhāna, indeed, was the son of Satyaka; his son was Jaya, from him Kuṇi, and from him Yugandhara. Another son of Anamitra was Vṛṣṇi.

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SB 9 24.15

श्वफल्कश्चित्ररथश्च गान्दिन्यां च श्वफल्कतः अक्रूरप्रमुखा आसन् पुत्रा द्वादश विश्रुताः

śvaphalkaścitrarathaśca gāndinyāṃ ca śvaphalkataḥ akrūrapramukhā āsan putrā dvādaśa viśrutāḥ

(His sons were) Śvaphalka and Citraratha. From Śvaphalka, in Gāndinī, there were twelve renowned sons, headed by Akrūra:

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SB 9 24.16

आसङ्गः सारमेयश्च मृदुरो मृदुविद्गिरिः धर्मवृद्धः सुकर्मा च क्षेत्रोपेक्षो ऽरिमर्दनः

āsaṅgaḥ sārameyaśca mṛduro mṛduvidgiriḥ dharmavṛddhaḥ sukarmā ca kṣetropekṣo 'rimardanaḥ

Āsaṅga, Sārameya, Mṛdura, Mṛduvid, Giri, Dharmavṛddha, Sukarmā, Kṣetropekṣa, Arimardana,

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SB 9 24.17

शत्रुघ्नो गन्धमादश्च प्रतिबाहुश्च द्वादश तेषां स्वसा सुचाराख्या द्वाव् अक्रूरसुताव् अपि

śatrughno gandhamādaśca pratibāhuśca dvādaśa teṣāṃ svasā sucārākhyā dvāv akrūrasutāv api

Śatrughna, Gandhamāda and Pratibāhu—these twelve. Their sister was named Sucārā. There were also two sons of Akrūra:

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SB 9 24.18

देववान् उपदेवश्च तथा चित्ररथात्मजाः पृथुर्विदूरथाद्याश्च बहवो वृष्णिनन्दनाः

devavān upadevaśca tathā citrarathātmajāḥ pṛthurvidūrathādyāśca bahavo vṛṣṇinandanāḥ

Devavān and Upadeva. Likewise the sons of Citraratha were Pṛthu, Vidūratha and others, many delighters of the Vṛṣṇi line.

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SB 9 24.19

कुकुरो भजमानश्च शुचिः कम्बलबर्हिषः कुकुरस्य सुतो वह्निर्विलोमा तनयस्ततः

kukuro bhajamānaśca śuciḥ kambalabarhiṣaḥ kukurasya suto vahnirvilomā tanayastataḥ

Kukura, Bhajamāna, Śuci and Kambalabarhiṣa (were the sons of Andhaka). The son of Kukura was Vahni, and from him the son Vilomā.

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SB 9 24.20

कपोतरोमा तस्यानुः सखा यस्य च तुम्बुरुः अन्धकाद्दुन्दुभिस्तस्मादविद्योतः पुनर्वसुः

kapotaromā tasyānuḥ sakhā yasya ca tumburuḥ andhakāddundubhistasmādavidyotaḥ punarvasuḥ

His (son was) Kapotaromā; his (son was) Anu, whose friend was Tumburu. From Andhaka came Dundubhi, from him Avidyota, (then) Punarvasu.

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SB 9 24.21

तस्याहुकश्चाहुकी च कन्या चैवाहुकात्मजौ देवकश्चोग्रसेनश्च चत्वारो देवकात्मजाः

tasyāhukaścāhukī ca kanyā caivāhukātmajau devakaścograsenaśca catvāro devakātmajāḥ

His (children were) Āhuka and a daughter Āhukī. The two sons of Āhuka were Devaka and Ugrasena. Devaka had four sons:

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SB 9 24.22

देववान् उपदेवश्च सुदेवो देववर्धनः तेषां स्वसारः सप्तासन् धृतदेवादयो नृप

devavān upadevaśca sudevo devavardhanaḥ teṣāṃ svasāraḥ saptāsan dhṛtadevādayo nṛpa

Devavān, Upadeva, Sudeva and Devavardhana. Their sisters were seven, Dhṛtadevā and the rest, O king.

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SB 9 24.23

शान्तिदेवोपदेवा च श्रीदेवा देवरक्षिता सहदेवा देवकी च वसुदेव उवाह ताः

śāntidevopadevā ca śrīdevā devarakṣitā sahadevā devakī ca vasudeva uvāha tāḥ

Śāntidevā, Upadevā, Śrīdevā, Devarakṣitā, Sahadevā and Devakī—Vasudeva married them.

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SB 9 24.24

कंसः सुनामा न्यग्रोधः कङ्कः शङ्कुः सुहूस्तथा राष्ट्रपालो ऽथ धृष्टिश्च तुष्टिमान् औग्रसेनयः

kaṃsaḥ sunāmā nyagrodhaḥ kaṅkaḥ śaṅkuḥ suhūstathā rāṣṭrapālo 'tha dhṛṣṭiśca tuṣṭimān augrasenayaḥ

Kaṃsa, Sunāmā, Nyagrodha, Kaṅka, Śaṅku, Suhū, then Rāṣṭrapāla, Dhṛṣṭi and Tuṣṭimān were the sons of Ugrasena.

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SB 9 24.25

कंसा कंसवती कङ्का शूरभू राष्ट्रपालिका उग्रसेनदुहितरो वसुदेवानुजस्त्रियः

kaṃsā kaṃsavatī kaṅkā śūrabhū rāṣṭrapālikā ugrasenaduhitaro vasudevānujastriyaḥ

Kaṃsā, Kaṃsavatī, Kaṅkā, Śūrabhū and Rāṣṭrapālikā were the daughters of Ugrasena; they were the wives of Vasudeva's younger brothers.

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SB 9 24.26

शूरो विदूरथादासीद्भजमानस्तु तत्सुतः शिनिस्तस्मात् स्वयं भोजो हृदिकस्तत्सुतो मतः

śūro vidūrathādāsīdbhajamānastu tatsutaḥ śinistasmāt svayaṃ bhojo hṛdikastatsuto mataḥ

From Vidūratha came Śūra, and his son was Bhajamāna; from him Śini, from him Bhoja himself (or: Svayambhoja), and his son is held to be Hṛdika.

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SB 9 24.27

देवमीढः शतधनुः कृतवर्मेति तत्सुताः देवमीढस्य शूरस्य मारिषा नाम पत्न्यभूत्

devamīḍhaḥ śatadhanuḥ kṛtavarmeti tatsutāḥ devamīḍhasya śūrasya māriṣā nāma patnyabhūt

Devamīḍha, Śatadhanu and Kṛtavarmā were his sons. Devamīḍha Śūra had a wife named Māriṣā.

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SB 9 24.28

तस्यां स जनयामास दश पुत्रान् अकल्मषान् वसुदेवं देवभागं देवश्रवसमानकम्

tasyāṃ sa janayāmāsa daśa putrān akalmaṣān vasudevaṃ devabhāgaṃ devaśravasamānakam

In her he begot ten faultless sons: Vasudeva, Devabhāga, Devaśravas, Ānaka,

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SB 9 24.29

सृञ्जयं श्यामकं कङ्कं शमीकं वत्सकं वृकम् देवदुन्दुभयो नेदुरानका यस्य जन्मनि

sṛñjayaṃ śyāmakaṃ kaṅkaṃ śamīkaṃ vatsakaṃ vṛkam devadundubhayo nedurānakā yasya janmani

Sṛñjaya, Śyāmaka, Kaṅka, Śamīka, Vatsaka and Vṛka — at whose (Vasudeva's) birth the divine drums, the ānakas, resounded.

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SB 9 24.30

वसुदेवं हरेः स्थानं वदन्त्यानकदुन्दुभिम् पृथा च श्रुतदेवा च श्रुतकीर्तिः श्रुतश्रवाः

vasudevaṃ hareḥ sthānaṃ vadantyānakadundubhim pṛthā ca śrutadevā ca śrutakīrtiḥ śrutaśravāḥ

They call Vasudeva, the abode of Hari, Ānakadundubhi. And Pṛthā, Śrutadevā, Śrutakīrti, Śrutaśravas,

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SB 9 24.31

राजाधिदेवी चैतेषां भगिन्यः पञ्च कन्यकाः कुन्तेः सख्युः पिता शूरो ह्यपुत्रस्य पृथामदात्

rājādhidevī caiteṣāṃ bhaginyaḥ pañca kanyakāḥ kunteḥ sakhyuḥ pitā śūro hyaputrasya pṛthāmadāt

and Rājādhidevī — these five were their sisters, the daughters. Śūra gave Pṛthā to his friend Kunti, who was sonless.

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SB 9 24.32

साप दुर्वाससो विद्यां देवहूतीं प्रतोषितात् तस्या वीर्यपरीक्षार्थमाजुहाव रविं शुचिः

sāpa durvāsaso vidyāṃ devahūtīṃ pratoṣitāt tasyā vīryaparīkṣārthamājuhāva raviṃ śuciḥ

She obtained from Durvāsas, whom she had pleased, the spell for summoning a god; and, to test its power, being (still) a maiden she called upon the Sun.

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SB 9 24.33

तदैवोपागतं देवं वीक्ष्य विस्मितमानसा प्रत्ययार्थं प्रयुक्ता मे याहि देव क्षमस्व मे

tadaivopāgataṃ devaṃ vīkṣya vismitamānasā pratyayārthaṃ prayuktā me yāhi deva kṣamasva me

Seeing the god arrived at that very moment, astonished in mind (she said): "I employed (it) only to test — go, O god, forgive me."

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SB 9 24.34

अमोघं देवसन्दर्शमादधे त्वयि चात्मजम् योनिर्यथा न दुष्येत कर्ताहं ते सुमध्यमे

amoghaṃ devasandarśamādadhe tvayi cātmajam yoniryathā na duṣyeta kartāhaṃ te sumadhyame

"The sight of a god is not fruitless; so I shall place a son in you. I shall arrange it, O slender-waisted one, so that your womb is not defiled."

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SB 9 24.35

इति तस्यां स आधाय गर्भं सूर्यो दिवं गतः सद्यः कुमारः सञ्जज्ञे द्वितीय इव भास्करः

iti tasyāṃ sa ādhāya garbhaṃ sūryo divaṃ gataḥ sadyaḥ kumāraḥ sañjajñe dvitīya iva bhāskaraḥ

Having said this and placed the embryo in her, the Sun went to heaven; at once a boy was born, like a second sun.

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SB 9 24.36

तं सात्यजन् नदीतोये कृच्छ्राल् लोकस्य बिभ्यती प्रपितामहस्तामुवाह पाण्डुर्वै सत्यविक्रमः

taṃ sātyajan nadītoye kṛcchrāl lokasya bibhyatī prapitāmahastāmuvāha pāṇḍurvai satyavikramaḥ

With difficulty she abandoned him in the water of a river, fearing (the censure of) the world. Her own great-grandson's ancestor—Pāṇḍu of true valour—married her.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

SB 9 24.37

श्रुतदेवां तु कारूषो वृद्धशर्मा समग्रहीत् यस्यामभूद्दन्तवक्र ऋषिशप्तो दितेः सुतः

śrutadevāṃ tu kārūṣo vṛddhaśarmā samagrahīt yasyāmabhūddantavakra ṛṣiśapto diteḥ sutaḥ

But Vṛddhaśarmā, king of Karūṣa, took Śrutadevā (in marriage); of her was born Dantavakra, the son of Diti cursed by the sages.

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SB 9 24.38

कैकेयो धृष्टकेतुश्च श्रुतकीर्तिमविन्दत सन्तर्दनादयस्तस्यां पञ्चासन् कैकयाः सुताः

kaikeyo dhṛṣṭaketuśca śrutakīrtimavindata santardanādayastasyāṃ pañcāsan kaikayāḥ sutāḥ

And Dhṛṣṭaketu of Kekaya obtained Śrutakīrti; of her there were five Kaikeya sons, Santardana and the rest.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 9 24.39

राजाधिदेव्यामावन्त्यौ जयसेनो ऽजनिष्ट ह दमघोषश्चेदिराजः श्रुतश्रवसमग्रहीत्

rājādhidevyāmāvantyau jayaseno 'janiṣṭa ha damaghoṣaścedirājaḥ śrutaśravasamagrahīt

In Rājādhidevī, Jayasena of Avanti begot the two Āvantyas; and Damaghoṣa, king of Cedi, took Śrutaśravas.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

SB 9 24.40

शिशुपालः सुतस्तस्याः कथितस्तस्य सम्भवः देवभागस्य कंसायां चित्रकेतुबृहद्बलौ

śiśupālaḥ sutastasyāḥ kathitastasya sambhavaḥ devabhāgasya kaṃsāyāṃ citraketubṛhadbalau

Śiśupāla was her son; his origin has been told. Of Devabhāga by Kaṃsā (came) Citraketu and Bṛhadbala.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 9 24.41

कंसवत्यां देवश्रवसः सुवीर इषुमांस्तथा बकः कङ्कात् तु कङ्कायां सत्यजित् पुरुजित् तथा

kaṃsavatyāṃ devaśravasaḥ suvīra iṣumāṃstathā bakaḥ kaṅkāt tu kaṅkāyāṃ satyajit purujit tathā

Of Devaśravas by Kaṃsavatī (came) Suvīra and Iṣumān, and also Baka; but of Kaṅka by Kaṅkā, Satyajit and Purujit,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 9 24.42

सृञ्जयो राष्ट्रपाल्यां च वृषदुर्मर्षणादिकान् हरिकेशहिरण्याक्षौ शूरभूम्यां च श्यामकः

sṛñjayo rāṣṭrapālyāṃ ca vṛṣadurmarṣaṇādikān harikeśahiraṇyākṣau śūrabhūmyāṃ ca śyāmakaḥ

and Sṛñjaya (begot) in Rāṣṭrapālī Vṛṣa, Durmarṣaṇa and the others; and Śyāmaka (begot) Harikeśa and Hiraṇyākṣa in Śūrabhūmi.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 9 24.43

मिश्रकेश्यामप्सरसि वृकादीन् वत्सकस्तथा तक्षपुष्करशालादीन् दुर्वाक्ष्यां वृक आदधे

miśrakeśyāmapsarasi vṛkādīn vatsakastathā takṣapuṣkaraśālādīn durvākṣyāṃ vṛka ādadhe

And Vatsaka (begot) Vṛka and the others in the apsaras Miśrakeśī; Vṛka begot Takṣa, Puṣkara, Śāla and the rest in Durvākṣī.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 9 24.44

सुमित्रार्जुनपालादीन् समीकात् तु सुदामनी आनकः कर्णिकायां वै ऋतधामाजयाव् अपि

sumitrārjunapālādīn samīkāt tu sudāmanī ānakaḥ karṇikāyāṃ vai ṛtadhāmājayāv api

From Śamīka in Sudāmanī (came) Sumitra, Arjunapāla and the others; and Ānaka in Karṇikā (begot) Ṛtadhāmā and Jaya.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 9 24.45

पौरवी रोहिणी भद्रा मदिरा रोचना इला देवकीप्रमुखाश्चासन् पत्न्य आनकदुन्दुभेः

pauravī rohiṇī bhadrā madirā rocanā ilā devakīpramukhāścāsan patnya ānakadundubheḥ

Pauravī, Rohiṇī, Bhadrā, Madirā, Rocanā, Ilā, and those headed by Devakī were the wives of Ānakadundubhi.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 9 24.46

बलं गदं सारणं च दुर्मदं विपुलं ध्रुवम् वसुदेवस्तु रोहिण्यां कृतादीन् उदपादयत्

balaṃ gadaṃ sāraṇaṃ ca durmadaṃ vipulaṃ dhruvam vasudevastu rohiṇyāṃ kṛtādīn udapādayat

Bala, Gada, Sāraṇa, Durmada, Vipula and Dhruva — and Vasudeva begot Kṛta and the rest in Rohiṇī.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 9 24.47

सुभद्रो भद्रबाहुश्च दुर्मदो भद्र एव च पौरव्यास्तनया ह्येते भूताद्या द्वादशाभवन्

subhadro bhadrabāhuśca durmado bhadra eva ca pauravyāstanayā hyete bhūtādyā dvādaśābhavan

Subhadra, Bhadrabāhu, Durmada and Bhadra as well — these were sons of Pauravī; hers were twelve, Bhūta and the rest.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 9 24.48

नन्दोपनन्दकृतक शूराद्या मदिरात्मजाः कौशल्या केशिनं त्व् एकमसूत कुलनन्दनम्

nandopanandakṛtaka śūrādyā madirātmajāḥ kauśalyā keśinaṃ tv ekamasūta kulanandanam

Nanda, Upananda, Kṛtaka, Śūra and the rest were the sons of Madirā; but Kauśalyā bore one only, Keśin, the delight of the family.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 9 24.49

रोचनायामतो जाता हस्तहेमाङ्गदादयः इलायामुरुवल्कादीन् यदुमुख्यान् अजीजनत्

rocanāyāmato jātā hastahemāṅgadādayaḥ ilāyāmuruvalkādīn yadumukhyān ajījanat

From Rocanā were born Hasta, Hemāṅgada and the others; in Ilā he begot Uruvalka and the other chiefs of the Yadus.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 9 24.50

विपृष्ठो धृतदेवायामेक आनकदुन्दुभेः शान्तिदेवात्मजा राजन् प्रशमप्रसितादयः

vipṛṣṭho dhṛtadevāyāmeka ānakadundubheḥ śāntidevātmajā rājan praśamaprasitādayaḥ

Vipṛṣṭha alone (was born) of Ānakadundubhi in Dhṛtadevā; the sons of Śāntidevā, O king, were Praśama, Prasita and the rest.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 9 24.51

राजन्यकल्पवर्षाद्या उपदेवासुता दश वसुहंससुवंशाद्याः श्रीदेवायास्तु षट् सुताः

rājanyakalpavarṣādyā upadevāsutā daśa vasuhaṃsasuvaṃśādyāḥ śrīdevāyāstu ṣaṭ sutāḥ

Rājanya, Kalpa, Varṣa and the rest, ten, were the sons of Upadevā; but Śrīdevā's sons were six, Vasu, Haṃsa, Suvaṃśa and the others.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 9 24.52

देवरक्षितया लब्धा नव चात्र गदादयः वसुदेवः सुतान् अष्टाव् आदधे सहदेवया

devarakṣitayā labdhā nava cātra gadādayaḥ vasudevaḥ sutān aṣṭāv ādadhe sahadevayā

And here nine were obtained through Devarakṣitā, Gada and the rest; by Sahadevā Vasudeva got eight sons,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 9 24.53

प्रवरश्रुतमुख्यांश्च साक्षाद्धर्मो वसून् इव वसुदेवस्तु देवक्यामष्ट पुत्रान् अजीजनत्

pravaraśrutamukhyāṃśca sākṣāddharmo vasūn iva vasudevastu devakyāmaṣṭa putrān ajījanat

with Pravara and Śruta as the chief ones — as Dharma himself (begot) the Vasus; and Vasudeva begot eight sons in Devakī:

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 9 24.54

कीर्तिमन्तं सुषेणं च भद्रसेनमुदारधीः ऋजुं सम्मर्दनं भद्रं सङ्कर्षणमहीश्वरम्

kīrtimantaṃ suṣeṇaṃ ca bhadrasenamudāradhīḥ ṛjuṃ sammardanaṃ bhadraṃ saṅkarṣaṇamahīśvaram

Kīrtimanta, Suṣeṇa, Bhadrasena — (so did) the noble-minded one — Ṛju, Sammardana, Bhadra, and Saṅkarṣaṇa the great lord.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 9 24.55

अष्टमस्तु तयोरासीत् स्वयमेव हरिः किल सुभद्रा च महाभागा तव राजन् पितामही

aṣṭamastu tayorāsīt svayameva hariḥ kila subhadrā ca mahābhāgā tava rājan pitāmahī

But the eighth of the two of them was Hari himself, indeed, and Subhadrā, greatly blessed, who, O king, was your grandmother.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 9 24.56

यदा यदा हि धर्मस्य क्षयो वृद्धिश्च पाप्मनः तदा तु भगवान् ईश आत्मानं सृजते हरिः

yadā yadā hi dharmasya kṣayo vṛddhiśca pāpmanaḥ tadā tu bhagavān īśa ātmānaṃ sṛjate hariḥ

For whenever there is a decline of dharma and an increase of sin, then the Lord Hari, the ruler, brings forth himself.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 9 24.57

न ह्यस्य जन्मनो हेतुः कर्मणो वा महीपते आत्ममायां विनेशस्य परस्य द्रष्टुरात्मनः

na hyasya janmano hetuḥ karmaṇo vā mahīpate ātmamāyāṃ vineśasya parasya draṣṭurātmanaḥ

For there is no cause of his birth or of his action, O lord of the earth, apart from his own māyā — his, the ruler's, the supreme one's, the seer's, the Self's.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 9 24.58

यन् मायाचेष्टितं पुंसः स्थित्युत्पत्त्यप्ययाय हि अनुग्रहस्तन्निवृत्तेरात्मलाभाय चेष्यते

yan māyāceṣṭitaṃ puṃsaḥ sthityutpattyapyayāya hi anugrahastannivṛtterātmalābhāya ceṣyate

Whatever is brought about by māyā is for the maintenance, origination and dissolution of a person; but (his) grace is held to be for the ceasing of that and for the attainment of the Self.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

SB 9 24.59

अक्षौहिणीनां पतिभिरसुरैर्नृपलाञ्छनैः भुव आक्रम्यमाणाया अभाराय कृतोद्यमः

akṣauhiṇīnāṃ patibhirasurairnṛpalāñchanaiḥ bhuva ākramyamāṇāyā abhārāya kṛtodyamaḥ

When the earth was being overrun by asuras, lords of akṣauhiṇīs, who bore only the marks of kings, he undertook the effort to unburden her.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 9 24.60

कर्माण्यपरिमेयाणि मनसापि सुरेश्वरैः सहसङ्कर्षणश्चक्रे भगवान् मधुसूदनः

karmāṇyaparimeyāṇi manasāpi sureśvaraiḥ sahasaṅkarṣaṇaścakre bhagavān madhusūdanaḥ

Together with Saṅkarṣaṇa, the Lord Madhusūdana performed deeds immeasurable even by the minds of the rulers of the gods.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 9 24.61

कलौ जनिष्यमाणानां दुःखशोकतमोनुदम् अनुग्रहाय भक्तानां सुपुण्यं व्यतनोद्यशः

kalau janiṣyamāṇānāṃ duḥkhaśokatamonudam anugrahāya bhaktānāṃ supuṇyaṃ vyatanodyaśaḥ

For the favour of the devotees who would be born in the Kali age, he spread abroad his most holy fame, which dispels pain, sorrow and darkness.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 9 24.62

यस्मिन् सत्कर्णपीयुषे यशस्तीर्थवरे सकृत् श्रोत्राञ्जलिरुपस्पृश्य धुनुते कर्मवासनाम्

yasmin satkarṇapīyuṣe yaśastīrthavare sakṛt śrotrāñjalirupaspṛśya dhunute karmavāsanām

In which — nectar for the ears of the good, the best of holy fords — having once dipped the cupped hands of his hearing, one shakes off the latent impulses of karma.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 9 24.63

भोजवृष्ण्यन्धकमधु शूरसेनदशार्हकैः श्लाघनीयेहितः शश्वत् कुरुसृञ्जयपाण्डुभिः

bhojavṛṣṇyandhakamadhu śūrasenadaśārhakaiḥ ślāghanīyehitaḥ śaśvat kurusṛñjayapāṇḍubhiḥ

His doings were constantly praised by the Bhojas, Vṛṣṇis, Andhakas, Madhus, Śūrasenas and Daśārhas, and by the Kurus, Sṛñjayas and Pāṇḍavas.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 9 24.64

स्निग्धस्मितेक्षितोदारैर्वाक्यैर्विक्रमलीलया नृलोकं रमयामास मूर्त्या सर्वाङ्गरम्यया

snigdhasmitekṣitodārairvākyairvikramalīlayā nṛlokaṃ ramayāmāsa mūrtyā sarvāṅgaramyayā

With affectionate smiles and glances, with generous words, with the play of his valour, and with a form lovely in every limb, he delighted the world of men.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 9 24.65

यस्याननं मकरकुण्डलचारुकर्ण भ्राजत्कपोलसुभगं सविलासहासम् नित्योत्सवं न ततृपुर्दृशिभिः पिबन्त्यो नार्यो नराश्च मुदिताः कुपिता निमेश्च

yasyānanaṃ makarakuṇḍalacārukarṇa bhrājatkapolasubhagaṃ savilāsahāsam nityotsavaṃ na tatṛpurdṛśibhiḥ pibantyo nāryo narāśca muditāḥ kupitā nimeśca

His face — its ears charming with makara earrings, made lovely by shining cheeks, with a playful smile, a perpetual festival — the women, drinking it with their eyes, had no satiety of it, nor did the men, who were delighted, and angry at the blinking (of their eyelids).

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 9 24.66

जातो गतः पितृगृहाद्व्रजमेधितार्थो हत्वा रिपून् सुतशतानि कृतोरुदारः उत्पाद्य तेषु पुरुषः क्रतुभिः समीजे आत्मानमात्मनिगमं प्रथयन् जनेषु

jāto gataḥ pitṛgṛhādvrajamedhitārtho hatvā ripūn sutaśatāni kṛtorudāraḥ utpādya teṣu puruṣaḥ kratubhiḥ samīje ātmānamātmanigamaṃ prathayan janeṣu

Having been born, he went from his father's house to Vraja to further his purpose; having slain his foes, having taken many wives, and having begotten hundreds of sons through them, that Person worshipped (himself) with sacrifices, making known among men his own self and the scripture that speaks of himself.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 9 24.67

पृथ्व्याः स वै गुरुभरं क्षपयन् कुरूणामन्तःसमुत्थकलिना युधि भूपचम्वः दृष्ट्या विधूय विजये जयमुद्विघोष्य प्रोच्योद्धवाय च परं समगात् स्वधाम

pṛthvyāḥ sa vai gurubharaṃ kṣapayan kurūṇāmantaḥsamutthakalinā yudhi bhūpacamvaḥ dṛṣṭyā vidhūya vijaye jayamudvighoṣya procyoddhavāya ca paraṃ samagāt svadhāma

He indeed, doing away with the earth's grievous burden, the armies of kings, by means of the strife that arose within the Kurus — shattering them in battle by a mere glance, proclaiming the victory (to be) Arjuna's, and having declared the supreme (truth) to Uddhava — went to his own abode.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition