Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 9.24.21-23

tasyāhukaś cāhukī ca

kanyā caivāhukātmajau

devakaś cograsenaś ca

catvāro devakātmajāh

devavān upadevaś ca

sudevo devavardhanah

teshām svasārah saptāsan

dhritadevādayo nripa

śāntidevopadevā ca

śrīdevā devarakshitā

sahadevā devakī ca

vasudeva uvāha tāh

SYNONYMS

tasya — from him (Punarvasu); āhukah — Āhuka; ca — and; āhukī — Āhukī; ca — also; kanyā — a daughter; ca — also; eva — indeed; āhuka — of Āhuka; ātmajau — two sons; devakah — Devaka; ca — and; ugrasenah — Ugrasena; ca — also; catvārah — four; devaka-ātmajāh — sons of Devaka; devavān — Devavān; upadevah — Upadeva; ca — and; sudevah — Sudeva; devavardhanah — Devavardhana; teshām — of all of them; svasārah — sisters; sapta — seven; āsan — existed; dhritadevā-ādayah — headed by Dhritadevā; nripa — O King (Mahārāja Parīkshit); śāntidevā — Śāntidevā; upadevā — Upadevā; ca — also; śrīdevā — Śrīdevā; devarakshitā — Devarakshitā; sahadevā — Sahadevā; devakī — Devakī; ca — and; vasudevah — Śrī Vasudeva, the father of Krishna; uvāha — married; tāh — them.

TRANSLATION

Punarvasu had a son and a daughter, named Āhuka and Āhukī respectively, and Āhuka had two sons, named Devaka and Ugrasena. Devaka had four sons, named Devavān, Upadeva, Sudeva and Devavardhana, and he also had seven daughters, named Śāntidevā, Upadevā, Śrīdevā, Devarakshitā, Sahadevā, Devakī and Dhritadevā. Dhritadevā was the eldest. Vasudeva, the father of Krishna, married all these sisters.

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