SB 9.24.28-31 · Srimad Bhagavatam

Devanagari

तस्यां स जनयामास दश पुत्रानकल्मषान्

वसुदेवं देवभागं देवश्रवसमानकम् ॥ २८ ॥

सृञ्जयं श्यामकं कङ्कं शमीकं वत्सकं वृकम्

देवदुन्दुभयो नेदुरानका यस्य जन्मनि ॥ २९ ॥

वसुदेवं हरे: स्थानं वदन्त्यानकदुन्दुभिम्

पृथा च श्रुतदेवा च श्रुतकीर्ति: श्रुतश्रवा: ॥ ३० ॥

राजाधिदेवी चैतेषां भगिन्य: पञ्च कन्यका:

कुन्ते: सख्यु: पिता शूरो ह्यपुत्रस्य पृथामदात् ॥ ३१ ॥

Verse text

tasyāṁ sa janayām āsa

daśa putrān akalmaṣān

vasudevaṁ devabhāgaṁ

devaśravasam ānakam

sṛñjayaṁ śyāmakaṁ kaṅkaṁ

śamīkaṁ vatsakaṁ vṛkam

deva-dundubhayo nedur

ānakā yasya janmani

vasudevaṁ hareḥ sthānaṁ

vadanty ānakadundubhim

pṛthā ca śrutadevā ca

śrutakīrtiḥ śrutaśravāḥ

rājādhidevī caiteṣāṁ

bhaginyaḥ pañca kanyakāḥ

kunteḥ sakhyuḥ pitā śūro

hy aputrasya pṛthām adāt

Synonyms

tasyām — in her (Māriṣā) ; saḥ — he (Śūra) ; janayām āsa — begot ; daśa — ten ; putrān — sons ; akalmaṣān — spotless ; vasudevam — Vasudeva ; devabhāgam — Devabhāga ; devaśravasam — Devaśravā ; ānakam — Ānaka ; sṛñjayam — Sṛñjaya ; śyāmakam — Śyāmaka ; kaṅkam — Kaṅkā ; śamīkam — Śamīka ; vatsakam — Vatsaka ; vṛkam — Vṛka ; deva-dundubhayaḥ — kettledrums sounded by the demigods ; neduḥ — were beaten ; ānakāḥ — a kind of kettledrum ; yasya — whose ; janmani — at the time of birth ; vasudevam — unto Vasudeva ; hareḥ — of the Supreme Personality of Godhead ; sthānam — that place ; vadanti — they call ; ānakadundubhim — Ānakadundubhi ; pṛthā — Pṛthā ; ca — and ; śrutadevā — Śrutadevā ; ca — also ; śrutakīrtiḥ — Śrutakīrti ; śrutaśravāḥ — Śrutaśravā ; rājādhidevī — Rājādhidevī ; ca — also ; eteṣām — of all these ; bhaginyaḥ — sisters ; pañca — five ; kanyakāḥ — daughters (of Śūra) ; kunteḥ — of Kunti ; sakhyuḥ — a friend ; pitā — father ; śūraḥ — Śūra ; hi — indeed ; aputrasya — (of Kunti) who was sonless ; pṛthām — Pṛthā ; adāt — delivered.

Translation

Through Māriṣā, King Śūra begot Vasudeva, Devabhāga, Devaśravā, Ānaka, Sṛñjaya, Śyāmaka, Kaṅka, Śamīka, Vatsaka and Vṛka. These ten sons were spotlessly pious personalities. When Vasudeva was born, the demigods from the heavenly kingdom sounded kettledrums. Therefore Vasudeva, who provided the proper place for the appearance of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa, was also known as Ānakadundubhi. The five daughters of King Śūra, named Pṛthā, Śrutadevā, Śrutakīrti, Śrutaśravā and Rājādhidevī, were Vasudeva’s sisters. Śūra gave Pṛthā to his friend Kunti, who had no issue, and therefore another name of Pṛthā was Kuntī.

Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)

Through Māriṣā, King Śūra begot Vasudeva, Devabhāga, Devaśravā, Ānaka, Sṛñjaya, Śyāmaka, Kaṅka, Śamīka, Vatsaka and Vṛka. These ten sons were sinless. When Vasudeva was born, the devatās sounded kettledrums. Therefore Vasudeva, who provided the proper place for the appearance Kṛṣṇa, was also known as Ānakadundubhi (sound of drums). The five daughters of King Śūra, named Pṛthā, Śrutadevā, Śrutakīrti, Śrutaśravā and Rājādhidevī, were Vasudeva's sisters. Śūra gave Pṛthā to his friend Kunti, who had no issue, and therefore another name of Pṛthā was Kuntī. Vasudeva was the place in which the Lord appeared. Among his daughters, Śura gave his daughter Pṛthā to Kunti saying, “Let her be your daughter.”