The Advent of Lord Kṛṣṇa: Introduction
देहं मानुषमाश्रित्य कति वर्षाणि वृष्णिभि: । यदुपुर्यां सहावात्सीत् पत्न्य: कत्यभवन् प्रभो: ॥ ११ ॥
Transliteration
dehaṁ mānuṣam āśritya kati varṣāṇi vṛṣṇibhiḥ yadu-puryāṁ sahāvātsīt patnyaḥ katy abhavan prabhoḥ
Synonyms (Word-for-Word)
deham — body; mānuṣam — exactly like a man; āśritya — accepting; kati varṣāṇi — how many years; vṛṣṇibhiḥ — in the company of the Vṛṣṇis, those who were born in the Vṛṣṇi family; yadu-puryām — in Dvārakā, in the residential quarters of the Yadus; saha — with; avātsīt — the Lord lived; patnyaḥ — wives; kati — how many; abhavan — were there; prabhoḥ — of the Lord.
Translation
“Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, has no material body, yet He appears as a human being. For how many years did He live with the descendants of Vṛṣṇi? How many wives did He marry, and for how many years did He live in Dvārakā?”