Shloka 57

Kroṣṭu–Yādava Lineages, the Syamantaka Jewel, Krishna’s Birth Context, and the Māyāmoha Account

Devanagari script

देवकी श्रुतदेवा च यशोदा च श्रुतिश्रवा । श्रीदेवा चोपदेवा च सुरूपा चेति सप्तमी

Transliteration

devakī śrutadevā ca yaśodā ca śrutiśravā | śrīdevā copadevā ca surūpā ceti saptamī

Translation

Devakī, Śrutadevī, Yaśodā y Śrutiśravā; asimismo Śrīdevī, Upadevī y Surūpā: éstas son las siete mujeres sagradas, el séptimo grupo.

Word by Word

• देवकी: Devakī
• देवकी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवकी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन — proper name

• श्रुतदेवा: Śrutadevā
• श्रुतदेवा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रुतदेवा (प्रातिपदिक; श्रुत + देवा)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन — proper name

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय (conjunction)

• यशोदा: Yaśodā
• यशोदा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यशोदा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन — proper name

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय (conjunction)

• श्रुतिश्रवा: Śrutiśravā
• श्रुतिश्रवा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रुतिश्रवा (प्रातिपदिक; श्रुति + श्रवा)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन — proper name

• श्रीदेवा: Śrīdevā
• श्रीदेवा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीदेवा (प्रातिपदिक; श्री + देवा)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन — proper name

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय (conjunction) — from co- in copadevā

• उपदेवा: Upadevā
• उपदेवा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपदेवा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन — proper name

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय (conjunction)

• सुरूपा: Surūpā
• सुरूपा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुरूपा (प्रातिपदिक; सु + रूप)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन — proper name

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय (conjunction) — from ce- in ceti

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotative/इति)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/समाप्तिसूचक (quotative particle) — 'thus'

• सप्तमी: the seventh
• सप्तमी: Visheshya (Predicate nominal/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन — ordinal 'the seventh (one)'

Speaker

Unspecified (narrative listing within the chapter; speaker not identifiable from the single verse alone)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Geographic Context

Type: city

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: copadevā = ca + upadevā; ceti = ca + iti.

Characters & Entities

• Devakī
• Śrutadevī
• Yaśodā
• Śrutiśravā
• Śrīdevī
• Upadevī
• Surūpā

FAQs

Who are the seven women named in this verse?

They are Devakī, Śrutadevī, Yaśodā, Śrutiśravā, Śrīdevī, Upadevī, and Surūpā—presented as a complete set of seven.

What does “saptamī” mean here?

Here “saptamī” is used in the sense of “the seventh (group/set),” marking this list as the seventh enumerated set in the surrounding catalog.

Is this verse teaching Bhakti or an ethical rule?

This particular verse is primarily a catalog-style enumeration of names within the Sṛṣṭikhaṇḍa context; any devotional or ethical emphasis would come from the surrounding verses and narrative frame.