Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 9.24.28-31

tasyāḿ sa janayām āsa

daśa putrān akalmaṣān

vasudevaḿ devabhāgaḿ

devaśravasam ānakam

sṛñjayaḿ śyāmakaḿ kańkaḿ

śamīkaḿ vatsakaḿ vṛkam

deva-dundubhayo nedur

ānakā yasya janmani

vasudevaḿ hareḥ sthānaḿ

vadanty ānakadundubhim

pṛthā ca śrutadevā ca

śrutakīrtiḥ śrutaśravāḥ

rājādhidevī caiteṣāḿ

bhaginyaḥ pañca kanyakāḥ

kunteḥ sakhyuḥ pitā śūro

hy aputrasya pṛthām adāt

SYNONYMS

tasyām — in her (Māriṣā); saḥ — he (Śūra); janayām āsa — begot; daśa — ten; putrān — sons; akalmaṣān — spotless; vasudevam — Vasudeva; devabhāgam — Devabhāga; devaśravasam — Devaśravā; ānakam — Ānaka; sṛñjayam — Sṛñjaya; śyāmakam — Śyāmaka; kańkam — Kańkā; śamīkam — Śamīka; vatsakam — Vatsaka; vṛkam — Vṛka; deva-dundubhayaḥ — kettledrums sounded by the demigods; neduḥ — were beaten; ānakāḥ — a kind of kettledrum; yasya — whose; janmani — at the time of birth; vasudevam — unto Vasudeva; hareḥ — of the Supreme Personality of Godhead; sthānam — that place; vadanti — they call; ānakadundubhim — Ānakadundubhi; pṛthā — Pṛthā; ca — and; śrutadevā — Śrutadevā; ca — also; śrutakīrtiḥ — Śrutakīrti; śrutaśravāḥ — Śrutaśravā; rājādhidevī — Rājādhidevī; ca — also; eteṣām — of all these; bhaginyaḥ — sisters; pañca — five; kanyakāḥ — daughters (of Śūra); kunteḥ — of Kunti; sakhyuḥ — a friend; pitā — father; śūraḥ — Śūra; hi — indeed; aputrasya — (of Kunti) who was sonless; pṛthām — Pṛthā; adāt — delivered.

TRANSLATION

Through Māriṣā, King Śūra begot Vasudeva, Devabhāga, Devaśravā, Ānaka, Sṛñjaya, Śyāmaka, Kańka, Śamīka, Vatsaka and Vṛka. These ten sons were spotlessly pious personalities. When Vasudeva was born, the demigods from the heavenly kingdom sounded kettledrums. Therefore Vasudeva, who provided the proper place for the appearance of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa, was also known as Ānakadundubhi. The five daughters of King Śūra, named Pṛthā, Śrutadevā, Śrutakīrti, Śrutaśravā and Rājādhidevī, were Vasudeva's sisters. Śūra gave Pṛthā to his friend Kunti, who had no issue, and therefore another name of Pṛthā was Kuntī.

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