SB 9.24.53

SB 9.24.53

Devanagari

प्रवरश्रुतमुख्यांश्च साक्षाद् धर्मो वसूनिव वसुदेवस्तु देवक्यामष्ट पुत्रानजीजनत् ॥ ५३ ॥ कीर्तिमन्तं सुषेणं च भद्रसेनमुदारधी: ऋजुं सम्मर्दनं भद्रं सङ्कर्षणमहीश्वरम् ॥ ५४ ॥ अष्टमस्तु तयोरासीत् स्वयमेव हरि: किल सुभद्रा च महाभागा तव राजन् पितामही ॥ ५५ ॥

Verse text

pravara-śruta-mukhyāṁś ca sākṣād dharmo vasūn iva vasudevas tu devakyām aṣṭa putrān ajījanat kīrtimantaṁ suṣeṇaṁ ca bhadrasenam udāra-dhīḥ ṛjuṁ sammardanaṁ bhadraṁ saṅkarṣaṇam ahīśvaram aṣṭamas tu tayor āsīt svayam eva hariḥ kila subhadrā ca mahābhāgā tava rājan pitāmahī

Synonyms

pravara Pravara (in some readings, Pauvara) ; śruta Śruta ; mukhyān headed by ; ca and ; sākṣāt directly ; dharmaḥ religion personified ; vasūn iva exactly like the chief Vasus in the heavenly planets ; vasudevaḥ Śrīla Vasudeva, the father of Kṛṣṇa ; tu indeed ; devakyām in the womb of Devakī ; aṣṭa eight ; putrān sons ; ajījanat begot ; kīrtimantam Kīrtimān ; suṣeṇam ca and Suṣeṇa ; bhadrasenam Bhadrasena ; udāra dhīḥ — all fully qualified ; ṛjum Ṛju ; sammardanam Sammardana ; bhadram Bhadra ; saṅkarṣaṇam Saṅkarṣaṇa ; ahi īśvaram — the supreme controller and serpent incarnation ; aṣṭamaḥ the eighth one ; tu but ; tayoḥ of both (Devakī and Vasudeva) ; āsīt appeared ; svayam eva directly, personally ; hariḥ the Supreme Personality of Godhead ; kila what to speak of ; subhadrā a sister, Subhadrā ; ca and ; mahābhāgā highly fortunate ; tava your ; rājan O Mahārāja Parīkṣit ; pitāmahī grandmother .

Translation

The eight sons born of Sahadevā such as Pravara and Śruta, were exact incarnations of the eight Vasus in the heavenly planets. Vasudeva also begot eight highly qualified sons through the womb of Devakī. These included Kīrtimān, Suṣeṇa, Bhadrasena, Ṛju, Sammardana, Bhadra and Saṅkarṣaṇa, the controller and serpent incarnation. The eighth son was the Supreme Personality of Godhead Himself — Kṛṣṇa. The highly fortunate Subhadrā, the one daughter, was your grandmother.

Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)

The eight sons of Sahadevā were headed by Pravara and Śruta. Vasudeva, dharma personified, also begot eight sons equal to the Vasus through the womb of Devakī. These included the wise Kīrtimān, Suṣeṇa, Bhadrasena, Ṛju, Sammardana, Bhadra and Saṅkarṣaṇa, the controller and serpent incarnation. But their eighth son was Svayam Bhagavān. The highly fortunate Subhadrā, your grandmother, was also their daughter. Svayam means Kṛṣṇa is not an aṁśa.

Purport

The fifty-fifth verse says, svayam eva hariḥ kila, indicating that Kṛṣṇa, the eighth son of Devakī, is the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Kṛṣṇa is not an incarnation. Although there is no difference between the Supreme Personality of Godhead Hari and His incarnation, Kṛṣṇa is the original Supreme Person, the complete Godhead. Incarnations exhibit only a certain percentage of the potencies of Godhead; the complete Godhead is Kṛṣṇa Himself, who appeared as the eighth son of Devakī.