Shloka 19

Devanagari script

एतेषां पुत्रपौत्राश्च बभूवु: कोटिशो नृप । मातर: कृष्णजातीनां सहस्राणि च षोडश ॥ १९ ॥

Transliteration

eteṣāṁ putra-pautrāś ca babhūvuḥ koṭiśo nṛpa mātaraḥ kṛṣṇa-jātīnāṁ sahasrāṇi ca ṣoḍaśa

Translation

اے بادشاہ، ان کے بیٹے اور پوتے کروڑوں کی تعداد میں ہوئے۔ شری کرشن کی نسل کی مائیں سولہ ہزار تھیں۔

Synonyms

• eteṣām: of these
• eteṣām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṁliṅga/napuṁsaka (m./n.), Ṣaṣṭhī vibhakti (Gen. 6th), Bahuvacana (pl.)

• putra-pautrāḥ: sons and grandsons
• putra-pautrāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: putra + pautra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṁliṅga (masc.), Prathamā vibhakti (Nom. 1st), Bahuvacana (pl.)

• ca: and
• ca: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Samuccaya-nipāta (conjunction)

• babhūvuḥ: there were / came to be
• babhūvuḥ: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: Liṭ-lakāra (Perfect), Prathama-puruṣa (3rd), Bahuvacana (pl.), Parasmaipada

• koṭiśaḥ: in crores, countless
• koṭiśaḥ: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: koṭiśas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Avyaya (adverb), prakāra-vācaka ‘in crores/innumerably’

• nṛpa: O king
• nṛpa: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nṛpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṁliṅga (masc.), Sambodhana (Vocative), Ekavacana (sg.)

• mātaraḥ: mothers
• mātaraḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mātṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga (fem.), Prathamā vibhakti (Nom. 1st), Bahuvacana (pl.)

• kṛṣṇa-jātīnām: of Kṛṣṇa’s dynasties/descents
• kṛṣṇa-jātīnām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṛṣṇa + jāti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga (fem.), Ṣaṣṭhī vibhakti (Gen. 6th), Bahuvacana (pl.); samāsa: ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa ‘of Kṛṣṇa’s lineages’

• sahasrāṇi: thousands
• sahasrāṇi: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sahasra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napुṁsaka-liṅga (neut.), Prathamā vibhakti (Nom. 1st), Bahuvacana (pl.)

• ca: and
• ca: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Samuccaya-nipāta (conjunction)

• ṣoḍaśa: sixteen
• ṣoḍaśa: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ṣoḍaśa (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययवत्)
• Form: Saṅkhyā-vācaka (numeral), here used as viśeṣaṇa of sahasrāṇi; (indeclinable-like numeral)

Characters & Entities

• Kṛṣṇa
• Parīkṣit Mahārāja

FAQs

What does Srimad Bhagavatam say about Krishna’s descendants and lineage in Dvaraka?

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.

Why does Shukadeva Goswami tell Parikshit Maharaja about the huge number of Krishna’s children and grandchildren?

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.

What is a practical lesson from this shloka for modern life?

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.