Shloka 160
Kroṣṭu–Yādava Lineages, the Syamantaka Jewel, Krishna’s Birth Context, and the Māyāmoha Account
एवमादीनि पुत्राणांसहस्राणि निशामय । अशीतिश्च सहस्राणां वासुदेवसुतास्तथा
evamādīni putrāṇāṃsahasrāṇi niśāmaya | aśītiśca sahasrāṇāṃ vāsudevasutāstathā
ഇത്തരത്തിലുള്ള പുത്രന്മാർ ആയിരങ്ങളായി ഉണ്ടായിരുന്നുവെന്ന് കേൾക്കുക. അതുപോലെ വാസുദേവനുമുണ്ടായിരുന്നു എൺപതിനായിരം പുത്രന്മാർ.
Unspecified narrator (contextual speaker not provided in the excerpt)
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
Sandhi Resolution Notes: पुत्राणांसहस्राणि → पुत्राणाम् + सहस्राणि; अशीतिश्च → अशीतिः + च; वासुदेवसुतास्तथा → वासुदेवसुताः + तथा.
FAQs
In Purāṇic style, such large numbers often function as traditional genealogical markers emphasizing vast lineages and the grandeur of sacred history, rather than modern historiography.
The name Vāsudeva can denote a revered figure associated with the Vṛṣṇi/Yādava line and is also a principal epithet of Viṣṇu/Kṛṣṇa; the immediate identification depends on the surrounding genealogy in the chapter.
Such enumerations reinforce the Purāṇic vision of cosmic continuity—creation unfolds through orderly succession (vaṃśa), linking beings and dynasties into a sacred narrative framework.