Canto 9, Chapter 24

Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead

Verse 52 (SB 9.24.52)
SB 9.24.52 • मूल श्लोक

देवरक्षितया लब्धा नव चात्र गदादय: । वसुदेव: सुतानष्टावादधे सहदेवया ॥ ५२ ॥

Transliteration

devarakṣitayā labdhā nava cātra gadādayaḥ vasudevaḥ sutān aṣṭāv ādadhe sahadevayā

Synonyms (Word-for-Word)

devarakṣitayā — by the wife named Devarakṣitā; labdhāḥ — achieved; nava — nine; ca — also; atra — here; gadā-ādayaḥ — sons headed by Gadā; vasudevaḥ — Śrīla Vasudeva; sutān — sons; aṣṭau — eight; ādadhe — begot; sahadevayā — in the wife named Sahadevā.

Translation

“By the semen of Vasudeva in the womb of Devarakṣitā, nine sons were born, headed by Gadā. Vasudeva, who was religion personified, also had a wife named Sahadevā, by whose womb he begot eight sons, headed by Śruta and Pravara.”

Bhaktivedanta Purport

By Śrīla Prabhupāda