Shloka 19
Kṛṣṇa’s Queens, Their Sons, and Balarāma’s Victory over Rukmī at Dice
Aniruddha–Rocanā Marriage Context
एतेषां पुत्रपौत्राश्च बभूवु: कोटिशो नृप । मातर: कृष्णजातीनां सहस्राणि च षोडश ॥ १९ ॥
eteṣāṁ putra-pautrāś ca babhūvuḥ koṭiśo nṛpa mātaraḥ kṛṣṇa-jātīnāṁ sahasrāṇi ca ṣoḍaśa
ഹേ നൃപാ, ഇവരുടെ പുത്രന്മാരും പൗത്രന്മാരും കോടിക്കണക്കിന് ഉണ്ടായി. ശ്രീകൃഷ്ണവംശത്തിന്റെ മാതാക്കൾ പതിനാറായിരം ആയിരുന്നു.
FAQs
This verse states that from Kṛṣṇa’s queens came sons and grandsons in vast numbers (koṭiśaḥ), and that the mothers of His dynastic descendants were sixteen thousand—indicating the extraordinary expansion of His Dvārakā pastimes.
Śukadeva describes Kṛṣṇa’s family expansion to portray the opulence and divine potency of the Lord’s Dvārakā-līlā, and to ground the narrative of the Yadu dynasty in concrete details for Parīkṣit.
The verse reminds a devotee that the Lord’s capacity is unlimited; cultivating faith in Bhagavān’s inconceivable power helps one remain steady in bhakti even when divine actions appear beyond ordinary logic.