Canto 9: Liberation | Chapter 24: Kṛṣṇa the Supreme Personality of Godhead |
Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 9.24.52
devarakṣitayā labdhā
nava cātra gadādayaḥ
vasudevaḥ sutān aṣṭāv
ādadhe sahadevayā
SYNONYMS
devarakṣitayā — by the wife named Devarakṣitā; labdhāḥ — achieved; nava — nine; ca — also; atra — here; gadā-ādayaḥ — sons headed by Gadā; vasudevaḥ — Śrīla Vasudeva; sutān — sons; aṣṭau — eight; ādadhe — begot; sahadevayā — in the wife named Sahadevā.
TRANSLATION
By the semen of Vasudeva in the womb of Devarakṣitā, 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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