Canto 9: LiberationChapter 24: Kṛṣṇa 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-kṛtaka-

śūrādyā madirātmajāḥ

kauśalyā keśinaḿ tv ekam

asūta kula-nandanam

SYNONYMS

subhadraḥSubhadra; bhadrabāhuḥ — Bhadrabāhu; ca — and; durmadaḥDurmada; bhadraḥBhadra; eva — indeed; ca — also; pauravyāḥ — of the wife named Pauravī; tanayāḥ — sons; hi — indeed; ete — all of them; bhūta-ādyāḥ — headed by Bhūta; dvādaśa — twelve; abhavan — were born; nanda-upananda-kṛtaka-śūra-ādyāḥNanda, Upananda, Kṛtaka, Śūra and others; madirā-ātmajāḥ — 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, Kṛtaka, Śūra and others were born from the womb of Madirā. Bhadrā [Kauśalyā] gave birth to only one son, named Keśī.

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