Shloka 18
Kṛṣṇa’s Queens, Their Sons, and Balarāma’s Victory over Rukmī at Dice
Aniruddha–Rocanā Marriage Context
दीप्तिमांस्ताम्रतप्ताद्या रोहिण्यास्तनया हरे: । प्रद्यम्नाच्चानिरुद्धोऽभूद्रुक्मवत्यां महाबल: । पुत्र्यां तु रुक्मिणो राजन् नाम्ना भोजकटे पुरे ॥ १८ ॥
dīptimāṁs tāmrataptādyā rohiṇyās tanayā hareḥ pradyamnāc cāniruddho ’bhūd rukmavatyāṁ mahā-balaḥ putryāṁ tu rukmiṇo rājan nāmnā bhojakaṭe pure
ദീപ്തിമാൻ, താമ്രതപ്ത മുതലായവർ രോഹിണിയിൽ ജനിച്ച ഭഗവാൻ ശ്രീകൃഷ്ണന്റെ പുത്രന്മാരായിരുന്നു. രാജാവേ, റുക്മിയുടെ പുത്രി റുക്മവതിയുടെ ഗർഭത്തിൽ, ഭോജകട നഗരത്തിൽ പാർത്തിരിക്കെ, പ്രദ്യുമ്നനാൽ മഹാബലൻ അനിരുദ്ധൻ ജനിച്ചു.
Lord Kṛṣṇa’s eight principal queens are Rukmiṇī, Satyabhāmā, Jāmbavatī, Nāgnajitī, Kālindī, Lakṣmaṇā, Mitravindā and Bhadrā. Having mentioned all their sons, Śukadeva Gosvāmī now refers to the sons of the other 16,100 queens by mentioning the two principal sons of Queen Rohiṇī, the foremost of the remaining queens.
FAQs
This verse states that Aniruddha was born from Pradyumna, and his mother was Rukmavatī, the daughter of Rukmī, in the city of Bhojakaṭa.
In this section he is narrating the Yādava genealogy and marriages, showing how Kṛṣṇa’s divine pastimes unfold through His descendants like Pradyumna and Aniruddha.
It encourages devotees to remember Kṛṣṇa through His līlā and associates, strengthening devotional absorption (smaraṇa) by seeing how the Lord’s presence sanctifies family, society, and history.