Canto 9: LiberationChapter 24: Krishna the Supreme Personality of Godhead

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 9.24.47-48

subhadro bhadrabāhuś ca

durmado bhadra eva ca

pauravyās tanayā hy ete

bhūtādyā dvādaśābhavan

nandopananda-kritaka-

śūrādyā madirātmajāh

kauśalyā keśinam tv ekam

asūta kula-nandanam

SYNONYMS

subhadrahSubhadra; bhadrabāhuh — Bhadrabāhu; ca — and; durmadahDurmada; bhadrahBhadra; eva — indeed; ca — also; pauravyāh — of the wife named Pauravī; tanayāh — sons; hi — indeed; ete — all of them; bhūta-ādyāh — headed by Bhūta; dvādaśa — twelve; abhavan — were born; nanda-upananda-kritaka-śūra-ādyāhNanda, Upananda, Kritaka, Śūra and others; madirā-ātmajāh — the sons of Madirā; kauśalyāKauśalyā; keśinama son named Keśī; tu ekam — only one; asūta — gave birth to; kula-nandanama son.

TRANSLATION

From the womb of Pauravī came twelve sons, including Bhūta, Subhadra, Bhadrabāhu, Durmada and Bhadra. Nanda, Upananda, Kritaka, Śūra and others were born from the womb of Madirā. Bhadrā [Kauśalyā] gave birth to only one son, named Keśī.

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