Devanagari
सप्त स्वसारस्तत्पत्न्यो मातुलान्य: सहात्मजा: ।
आसते सस्नुषा: क्षेमं देवकीप्रमुखा: स्वयम् ॥ २७ ॥
Verse text
sapta sva-sāras tat-patnyo
mātulānyaḥ sahātmajāḥ
āsate sasnuṣāḥ kṣemaṁ
devakī-pramukhāḥ svayam
Synonyms
sapta
—
seven
;
sva
—
sāraḥ — own sisters
;
tat
—
patnyaḥ — his wives
;
mātulānyaḥ
—
maternal aunts
;
saha
—
along with
;
ātma
—
jāḥ — sons and grandsons
;
āsate
—
are all
;
sasnuṣāḥ
—
with their daughters-in-law
;
kṣemam
—
happiness
;
devakī
—
Devakī
;
pramukhāḥ
—
headed by
;
svayam
—
personally .
Translation
His seven wives, headed by Devakī, are all sisters. Are they and their sons and daughters-in-law all happy?
Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
Are our seven aunts, Vasudeva’s wives, who are like sisters, headed by Devakī, [Note: His wives were Rohiṇī, Devakī, Upadevī, Vṛkadevī, Saptamīdevī, Śraddhādevī, Śrutandharā, Janā. However Ṣraddhādevī was a vaiśya woman he met in the forest. However in the commentary on SB 1.11.29 it is mentioned that Vasudeva actually had eighteen wives. This is also mentioned in SB 10.84.47] and their sons and their wives well?
Commentary (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
Svasāraḥ means mutual, indicating sisters.