Shloka 124
Kroṣṭu–Yādava Lineages, the Syamantaka Jewel, Krishna’s Birth Context, and the Māyāmoha Account
बृहद्देव्यां स्वयं जज्ञे मन्दको नाम नामतः । सप्तमं देवकी पुत्रं रेमंतं सषुवे सुतम्
bṛhaddevyāṃ svayaṃ jajñe mandako nāma nāmataḥ | saptamaṃ devakī putraṃ remaṃtaṃ saṣuve sutam
బృహద్దేవిలో స్వయంగా ‘మందక’ అనే ఒకడు జన్మించాడు; మరియు దేవకీ తన ఏడవ కుమారుడు ‘రేమంత’ను ప్రసవించింది।
Unspecified narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration; speaker not stated in the provided excerpt)
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
Sandhi Resolution Notes: सषुवे → सुषुवे (orthographic/phonetic normalization).
FAQs
It records births and names in a genealogical or mythic register—typical of the Sṛṣṭikhaṇḍa’s cataloging of origins and lineages.
Bṛhaddevī (a named figure/place in which the birth occurs), Mandaka (the one born), Devakī (the mother), and Remanta (her seventh son).
Not explicitly; it functions primarily as narrative genealogy. Any ethical or devotional takeaway would depend on the surrounding chapter context.