Shloka 29
Śiva-nāmānukīrtana-prastāvaḥ
Prologue to the praise of Śiva and the Upamanyu testimony
प्रद्युम्नचारुदेष्णादीन् रुक्मिण्या वीक्ष्य पुत्रकान् पुत्रार्थिनी मामुपेत्य वाक्यमाह युधिछ्िर
vāsudeva uvāca | pradyumnacārudeṣṇādīn rukmiṇyā vīkṣya putrakān putrārthinī mām upetya vākyam āha yudhiṣṭhira | yudhiṣṭhira! buddhimān rukmiṇīnandana pradyumnakena dvārakām āgatena pūrvakāle śambarāsuro hataḥ; tataḥ dvādaśa varṣāṇi vyatītāni | atha rukmiṇyāḥ pradyumna-cārudeṣṇādi-putrān dṛṣṭvā putrasya kāṅkṣiṇī jāmbavatī mām upetya evam uvāca ||
婆苏提婆说：“坚战啊，阎婆伐底（Jāmbavatī）见到罗克弥尼（Rukmiṇī）的诸子——普拉丢摩那（Pradyumna）、恰卢德什那（Cārudeṣṇa）等——便因渴望得子而来就我，言辞如下。须知普拉丢摩那乃罗克弥尼所钟爱之睿智之子，昔日曾诛灭魔罗商婆罗（Śambara），并归于都城德瓦拉卡（Dvārakā）；自彼时起十二年既过，阎婆伐底见罗克弥尼诸子，遂怀求子之愿前来近我，如是陈说。”
वासुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames a household-ethical concern: the longing for progeny and the social-religious value placed on lineage and family continuity. It also models respectful petition—Jāmbavatī approaches Vāsudeva directly, situating personal desire within dharmic family life rather than impulsive action.
Vāsudeva recounts to Yudhiṣṭhira that, years after Pradyumna returned to Dvārakā having slain the demon Śambara, Jāmbavatī saw Rukmiṇī’s sons (Pradyumna, Cārudeṣṇa, etc.). Wanting a child herself, she approached Vāsudeva and began to speak, setting up the next part of the story.