Shloka 5

हरेः पुत्रविस्तारः तथा ऊषानिरुद्धकथा-प्रारम्भः

Kṛṣṇa’s Progeny and the Beginning of the Uṣā–Aniruddha Episode

Devanagari script

अन्यासां चैव भार्याणां समुत्पन्नानि चक्रिणः अष्टायुतानि पुत्राणां सहस्राणां शतं तथा

Transliteration

anyāsāṃ caiva bhāryāṇāṃ samutpannāni cakriṇaḥ aṣṭāyutāni putrāṇāṃ sahasrāṇāṃ śataṃ tathā

Translation

And from his other wives as well, the Cakrin begot sons in vast number—eight ayutas, and in addition a further hundred thousand.

Word by Word

• anyāsām: of other
• anyāsām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: anya (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक: अन्य)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifying ‘bhāryāṇām’)—‘of other’

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• eva: indeed/just
• eva: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक निपात (emphatic particle)

• bhāryāṇām: of wives
• bhāryāṇām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhāryā (प्रातिपदिक: भार्या)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• samutpannāni: born/produced
• samutpannāni: Karta (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam-ut-pad (धातु: उत्पद्) + kta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle, क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; ‘arisen/produced’ (agreeing with implied ‘putrāṇi’)

• cakriṇaḥ: of the discus-bearer (Kṛṣṇa)
• cakriṇaḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: cakrin (प्रातिपदिक: चक्रिन्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘of the discus-bearer’ (epithet of Kṛṣṇa)

• aṣṭāyutāni: eighty thousand
• aṣṭāyutāni: Visheshana (Quantifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: aṣṭa + ayuta (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक; अष्ट + अयुत)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; संख्याविशेषण—‘eight ayutas’ (= 80,000)

• putrāṇām: of sons
• putrāṇām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: putra (प्रातिपदिक: पुत्र)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• sahasrāṇām: of thousands
• sahasrāṇām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sahasra (प्रातिपदिक: सहस्र)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; partitive/genitive with numeral expression

• śatam: a hundred
• śatam: Visheshya (Count head)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śata (प्रातिपदिक: शत)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; संख्या (numeral)

• tathā: also/likewise
• tathā: Sambandha (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb), समुच्चय/तुल्यार्थक—‘so/also’

Speaker

Sage Parāśara (narrating to Maitreya)

Parashara-Maitreya Dialogue

Speaker: Parasara

Topic: Summative statement about the vast extent of Krishna’s progeny beyond the named sons.

Teaching: Historical

Quality: authoritative

Avatara Context

Avatara: Krishna

Purpose: As the cakrin-like sovereign in Dvārakā, Krishna manifests royal splendor and expansive progeny as part of his world-ordering līlā.

Leela: Loka-rakshana

Dharma Restored: Royal stability and prosperity (śrī) as supports for societal order.

Dynasty & Genealogy

Vamsha: Chandra

Key Kings: Cakrin (Krishna)

Vaishnava Theology

Vishnu Form: Krishna

Lakshmi Presence: Sri

Characters & Entities

• Cakrin (universal monarch)
• Queens/Wives
• Sons (royal progeny)

FAQs

What is the significance of listing such immense numbers of sons in the Vishnu Purana?

It emphasizes the king’s expansive sovereignty and the breadth of a royal lineage, a Purāṇic way of portraying dynastic continuity and political-religious order (dharma) across generations.

How does Sage Parāśara explain genealogies in this section of the Vishnu Purana?

Parāśara presents a compressed, enumerative lineage style—naming rulers and summarizing progeny counts—so Maitreya can trace the transmission of kingship and dharma through successive generations.

What is the theological importance of Lord Vishnu in this genealogical context?

Even when Vishnu is not named in a verse, the dynastic record is framed within Vishnu’s cosmic governance: kingship and lineage unfold under the Supreme Lord’s ordering power, supporting the Purāṇa’s vision of divinely sustained universal order.