Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.58.56
श्रुतकीर्ते: सुतां भद्रां उपयेमे पितृष्वसु: ।
कैकेयीं भ्रातृभिर्दत्तां कृष्ण: सन्तर्दनादिभि: ॥ ५६ ॥
śrutakīrteḥ sutāṁ bhadrāṁ
[shrutakeerteh sutaam bhadraam]
upayeme pitṛ-ṣvasuḥ
[upayeme pitri-shvasuh]
kaikeyīṁ bhrātṛbhir dattāṁ
[kaikeyeem bhraatribhir dattaam]
kṛṣṇaḥ santardanādibhiḥ
[krishnah santardanaadibhih]
Word-for-word
śrutakīrteḥ
—
of Śrutakīrti
sutām
—
the daughter
bhadrām
—
named Bhadrā
upayeme
—
married
pitṛ - svasuḥ
—
of His father’s sister
kaikeyīm
—
the princess of Kaikeya
bhrātṛbhiḥ
—
by her brothers
dattām
—
given
kṛṣṇaḥ
—
Lord Kṛṣṇa
santardana - ādibhiḥ
—
headed by Santardana .
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
śrutakīrteḥ sutāṁ bhadrāṁ
śrutakīrteḥ
of Śrutakīrti
sutām
the daughter
bhadrām
named Bhadrā
upayeme pitṛ-ṣvasuḥ
upayeme
married
pitṛ - svasuḥ
of His father’s sister
kaikeyīṁ bhrātṛbhir dattāṁ
kaikeyīm
the princess of Kaikeya
bhrātṛbhiḥ
by her brothers
dattām
given
kṛṣṇaḥ santardanādibhiḥ
kṛṣṇaḥ
Lord Kṛṣṇa
santardana - ādibhiḥ
headed by Santardana .
Important Words
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śrutakīrteḥ
—
of Śrutakīrti
Śrutakīrti — sister of Vasudeva, hence Kṛṣṇa's paternal aunt. Another cousin-marriage. Gauḍīya: the chapter's marriages weave Kṛṣṇa back into His own extended household; Bhadrā is family before she is bride.
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bhadrām
—
named Bhadrā
Bhadrā — 'the auspicious'. Each wife in this chapter has a doctrinally-loaded name: Kālindī (the river-bride), Satyā (truth), Bhadrā (auspiciousness), Lakṣmaṇā (well-marked). Gauḍīya: the Lord's queens are named for the qualities of the household.
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upayeme
—
married
Same verb as verse 29 (upayeme Kālindīm). Gauḍīya: the chapter's repeating verb stitches its five marriages into one structural ślokā.
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kaikeyīm
—
the princess of Kaikeya
From the Kaikeya kingdom — long ago the realm of Rāma's stepmother Kaikeyī. Gauḍīya: another Rāma-kingdom reappears in Kṛṣṇa's household, threading the avatāric continuity that runs through this chapter.
-
santardana - ādibhiḥ
—
headed by Santardana
Compound — Santardana and the rest. Bhadrā's brothers offer her. Gauḍīya: where Mitravindā's brothers obstructed (verse 30), Bhadrā's brothers participate. The chapter holds both possibilities side by side.
Bhadrā was a princess of the Kaikeya kingdom and the daughter of Lord Kṛṣṇa’s paternal aunt Śrutakīrti. The Lord married Bhadrā when her brothers, headed by Santardana, offered her to Him.
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura
Gauḍīya
Translation
Bhadrā was a princess of the Kaikeya kingdom and the daughter of Lord Kṛṣṇa's paternal aunt Śrutakīrti. The Lord married Bhadrā when her brothers, headed by Santardana, offered her to Him.
Commentary
The seventh marriage is described. Bhadra was the daughter of Srutikirti.
Jīva Gosvāmī
Gauḍīya
Commentary
The meaning is clear.
Śrīdhara Svāmī
Gauḍīya
Commentary
The brothers gave Bhadrā because Kṛṣṇa was he who attracts all hearts (kṛṣṇaḥ).
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Personal Guidance
Bhadrā, princess of Kaikeya, daughter of paternal aunt Śrutakīrti, is offered to the Lord by her brothers led by Santardana. Family-arranged marriage with family-aligned brothers is its own dignified path.
Reflection Questions
- Where do you under-honor family-arranged paths in favor of dramatic ones?
- How does scripture treat various marriage paths as all valid?
Analogy
The fourth wife arrives the simplest way — by family arrangement, with brothers giving. After three difficult acquisitions (waiting, abduction, bull-contest), Bhadrā's marriage is the rasa-equivalent of breathing out: a Vaiṣṇava family doing the natural thing.
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