Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 9.24.28-31

tasyām sa janayām āsa

daśa putrān akalmashān

vasudevam devabhāgam

devaśravasam ānakam

sriñjayam śyāmakam kańkam

śamīkam vatsakam vrikam

deva-dundubhayo nedur

ānakā yasya janmani

vasudevam hareh sthānam

vadanty ānakadundubhim

prithā ca śrutadevā ca

śrutakīrtih śrutaśravāh

rājādhidevī caiteshām

bhaginyah pañca kanyakāh

kunteh sakhyuh pitā śūro

hy aputrasya prithām adāt

SYNONYMS

tasyām — in her (Mārishā); sah — he (Śūra); janayām āsa — begot; daśa — ten; putrān — sons; akalmashān — spotless; vasudevam — Vasudeva; devabhāgam — Devabhāga; devaśravasam — Devaśravā; ānakam — Ānaka; sriñjayam — Sriñjaya; śyāmakam — Śyāmaka; kańkam — Kańkā; śamīkam — Śamīka; vatsakam — Vatsaka; vrikam — Vrika; deva-dundubhayah — kettledrums sounded by the demigods; neduh — were beaten; ānakāh — a kind of kettledrum; yasya — whose; janmani — at the time of birth; vasudevam — unto Vasudeva; hareh — of the Supreme Personality of Godhead; sthānam — that place; vadanti — they call; ānakadundubhim — Ānakadundubhi; prithā — Prithā; ca — and; śrutadevā — Śrutadevā; ca — also; śrutakīrtih — Śrutakīrti; śrutaśravāh — Śrutaśravā; rājādhidevī — Rājādhidevī; ca — also; eteshām — of all these; bhaginyah — sisters; pañca — five; kanyakāh — daughters (of Śūra); kunteh — of Kunti; sakhyuh — a friend; pitā — father; śūrah — Śūra; hi — indeed; aputrasya — (of Kunti) who was sonless; prithām — Prithā; adāt — delivered.

TRANSLATION

Through Mārishā, King Śūra begot Vasudeva, Devabhāga, Devaśravā, Ānaka, Sriñjaya, Śyāmaka, Kańka, Śamīka, Vatsaka and Vrika. 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, Krishna, was also known as Ānakadundubhi. The five daughters of King Śūra, named Prithā, Śrutadevā, Śrutakīrti, Śrutaśravā and Rājādhidevī, were Vasudeva's sisters. Śūra gave Prithā to his friend Kunti, who had no issue, and therefore another name of Prithā was Kuntī.

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