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

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 9.24.52

devarakshitayā labdhā

nava cātra gadādayah

vasudevah sutān ashtāv

ādadhe sahadevayā

SYNONYMS

devarakshitayā — by the wife named Devarakshitā; labdhāh — achieved; nava — nine; ca — also; atra — here; gadā-ādayah — sons headed by Gadā; vasudevahŚrīla Vasudeva; sutān — sons; ashtau — eight; ādadhe — begot; sahadevayāin the wife named Sahadevā.

TRANSLATION

By the semen of Vasudeva in the womb of Devarakshitā, 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.

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