Shloka 7
Kṛṣṇa’s Queens, Their Sons, and Balarāma’s Victory over Rukmī at Dice
Aniruddha–Rocanā Marriage Context
तासां या दशपुत्राणां कृष्णस्त्रीणां पुरोदिता: । अष्टौ महिष्यस्तत्पुत्रान् प्रद्युम्नादीन् गृणामि ते ॥ ७ ॥
tāsāṁ yā daśa-putrāṇāṁ kṛṣṇa-strīṇāṁ puroditāḥ aṣṭau mahiṣyas tat-putrān pradyumnādīn gṛṇāmi te
ومن بين زوجات كريشنا—وكان لكل واحدةٍ منهنّ عشرة أبناء—كنتُ قد ذكرتُ سابقًا ثماني ملكاتٍ رئيسيات. والآن سأتلُو لك أسماء أبناء تلك الملكات الثماني، وعلى رأسهم براديومنّا.
FAQs
This verse introduces Śukadeva’s intent to describe Kṛṣṇa’s eight chief queens and to list their sons, starting with Pradyumna.
Śukadeva signals an ordered genealogy of Kṛṣṇa’s royal family in Dvārakā, beginning with the prominent son Pradyumna as the first in the forthcoming enumeration.
It teaches attentive hearing (śravaṇam) and reverence for the Lord’s līlā—seeing even genealogical details as sacred remembrance that strengthens devotion.