Shloka 7

Kṛṣṇa’s Queens, Their Sons, and Balarāma’s Victory over Rukmī at Dice

Aniruddha–Rocanā Marriage Context

Devanagari script

तासां या दशपुत्राणां कृष्णस्‍त्रीणां पुरोदिता: । अष्टौ महिष्यस्तत्पुत्रान् प्रद्युम्नादीन् गृणामि ते ॥ ७ ॥

Transliteration

tāsāṁ yā daśa-putrāṇāṁ kṛṣṇa-strīṇāṁ puroditāḥ aṣṭau mahiṣyas tat-putrān pradyumnādīn gṛṇāmi te

Translation

在奎师那的诸位妻子中——每位都有十个儿子——我先前已提到八位主要王后。现在我将为你诵出那八位王后的儿子之名，以普拉丢姆那为首。

Synonyms

• tāsām: of those (women)
• tāsām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Genitive (6th—षष्ठी), Plural

• yāḥ: who/which
• yāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative (1st—प्रथमा), Plural; relative pronoun

• daśa-putrāṇām: of (those) with ten sons
• daśa-putrāṇām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: daśa (प्रातिपदिक) + putra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive (6th—षष्ठी), Plural; dvigu: 'having ten sons' (as a class)

• kṛṣṇa-strīṇām: of Kṛṣṇa’s wives
• kṛṣṇa-strīṇām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṛṣṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + strī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Genitive (6th—षष्ठी), Plural; tatpuruṣa: 'wives of Kṛṣṇa'

• puroditāḥ: previously described
• puroditāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: purodita (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative (1st—प्रथमा), Plural; 'previously mentioned' qualifying yāḥ

• aṣṭau: eight
• aṣṭau: Saṅkhyā-viśeṣaṇa (संख्या-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: aṣṭan (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st—प्रथमा), Plural; numeral qualifying mahiṣyaḥ

• mahiṣyaḥ: chief queens
• mahiṣyaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahiṣī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative (1st—प्रथमा), Plural

• tat: their
• tat: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative (2nd—द्वितीया), Plural; demonstrative used as compound member

• putrān: sons
• putrān: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: putra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative (2nd—द्वितीया), Plural; tatpuruṣa: tat-putrān = 'their sons'

• pradyumna-ādīn: Pradyumna and others
• pradyumna-ādīn: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pradyumna (प्रातिपदिक) + ādi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural; tatpuruṣa: 'Pradyumna and others'

• gṛṇāmi: I recount/praise
• gṛṇāmi: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √gṛ (धातु)
• Form: Laṭ (Present—लट्), Parasmaipada, 1st Person (उत्तम-पुरुष), Singular

• te: to you
• te: Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Dative (4th—चतुर्थी), Singular; enclitic pronoun

Characters & Entities

• Krishna
• Pradyumna

FAQs

What does the Srimad Bhagavatam say about Krishna's principal queens and their sons?

This verse introduces Śukadeva’s intent to describe Kṛṣṇa’s eight chief queens and to list their sons, starting with Pradyumna.

Why does Shukadeva Goswami begin listing Krishna’s sons with Pradyumna?

Śukadeva signals an ordered genealogy of Kṛṣṇa’s royal family in Dvārakā, beginning with the prominent son Pradyumna as the first in the forthcoming enumeration.

Practical application: What can devotees learn from Bhagavatam’s careful listing of Krishna’s family?

It teaches attentive hearing (śravaṇam) and reverence for the Lord’s līlā—seeing even genealogical details as sacred remembrance that strengthens devotion.