Shloka 27

Devanagari script

देवमीढ: शतधनु: कृतवर्मेति तत्सुता: । देवमीढस्य शूरस्य मारिषा नाम पत्‍न्यभूत् ॥ २७ ॥

Transliteration

devamīḍhaḥ śatadhanuḥ kṛtavarmeti tat-sutāḥ devamīḍhasya śūrasya māriṣā nāma patny abhūt

Translation

Hṛdika had three sons—Devamīḍha, Śatadhanu, and Kṛtavarmā. Devamīḍha’s son was Śūra, whose wife was named Māriṣā.

Synonyms

• देवमीढः: Devamīḍha
• देवमीढः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवमीढ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• शतधनुः: Śatadhanu
• शतधनुः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शतधनु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• कृतवर्मा: Kṛtavarmā
• कृतवर्मा: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृतवर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• इति: thus; namely
• इति: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Quotative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उद्धरण/समाप्ति-निपात (quotative particle)

• तत्: his
• तत्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-सम्बन्धे (in compound)

• सुताः: sons
• सुताः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• देवमीढस्य: of Devamīḍha
• देवमीढस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवमीढ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• शूरस्य: of Śūra
• शूरस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शूर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• मारिषा: Māriṣā
• मारिषा: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मारिषा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• नाम: by name
• नाम: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Apposition marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; नाम-निर्देशक (indeclinable indicating name)

• पत्नी: wife
• पत्नी: Karta (कर्ता/Subject complement)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पत्नी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• अभूत्: became; was
• अभूत्: Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect/Past), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Characters & Entities

• Devamīḍha
• Śatadhanu
• Kṛtavarmā
• Māriṣā

FAQs

Who are Devamīḍha, Śatadhanu, and Kṛtavarmā in Srimad Bhagavatam?

They are listed here as sons in the dynastic narration of Canto 9, Chapter 24, as Śukadeva Gosvāmī continues describing the royal lineages connected with the Yadu dynasty.

Who was Māriṣā in the Bhagavata Purana?

This verse identifies Māriṣā as the wife of the heroic Devamīḍha, within the genealogical account presented by Śukadeva Gosvāmī.

What is the practical value of genealogies in the Srimad Bhagavatam?

They help devotees trace the sacred lineages through which Bhagavān’s devotees and incarnations appear, strengthening historical continuity, faith, and remembrance (smaraṇa) of the Lord’s providence in human society.