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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.61.14

श्रुत: कविर्वृषो वीर: सुबाहुर्भद्र एकल: । शान्तिर्दर्श: पूर्णमास: कालिन्द्या: सोमकोऽवर: ॥ १४ ॥
śrutaḥ kavir vṛṣo vīraḥ
[shrutah kavir vrisho veerah]
subāhur bhadra ekalaḥ
[subaahur bhadra ekalah]
śāntir darśaḥ pūrṇamāsaḥ
[shaantir darshah poornamaasah]
kālindyāḥ somako ’varaḥ
[kaalindyaah somako ’varah]
śrutaḥ kaviḥ vṛṣaḥ vīraḥ — Śruta, Kavi, Vṛṣa and Vīra subāhuḥ — Subāhu bhadraḥ — Bhadra ekalaḥ — one of them śāntiḥ darśaḥ pūrṇamāsaḥ — Śānti, Darśa and Pūrṇamāsa kālindyāḥ — of Kālindī somakaḥ — Somaka avaraḥ — the youngest .
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
śrutaḥ kavir vṛṣo vīraḥ
śrutaḥ kaviḥ vṛṣaḥ vīraḥ
Śruta, Kavi, Vṛṣa and Vīra
subāhur bhadra ekalaḥ
subāhuḥ
Subāhu
bhadraḥ
Bhadra
ekalaḥ
one of them
śāntir darśaḥ pūrṇamāsaḥ
śāntiḥ darśaḥ pūrṇamāsaḥ
Śānti, Darśa and Pūrṇamāsa
kālindyāḥ somako ’varaḥ
kālindyāḥ
of Kālindī
somakaḥ
Somaka
avaraḥ
the youngest .
  • kālindyāḥ — of Kālindī
    Genitive of Kālindī, the personified Yamunā. Gauḍīyas treasure her name — the Yamunā is the river of Vraja-līlā, and Kālindī's marriage to Kṛṣṇa keeps that river inside His Dvārakā household.
  • pūrṇamāsaḥ — Pūrṇamāsa
    'Full-moon.' Same name later given to the elder gopī Paurṇamāsī in Gauḍīya Vraja-līlā treatises (Vidagdha-mādhava). The Bhāgavata seeds the Vraja-vocabulary even in the Dvārakā-canto.
  • śāntiḥ — Śānti
    'Peace.' The first of the five primary rasas in Rūpa Gosvāmī's analysis. A son named Śānti among Kālindī's children fits the river-mother's contemplative tone.
  • darśaḥ — Darśa
    'New-moon day.' Darśa and Pūrṇamāsa are the two ritual-day names of the lunar cycle. Naming brothers after the two extremes of the moon is a poetic touch fitting Kālindī's celestial parentage.
  • avaraḥ — youngest
    From ava + ra, 'lower, later.' Marks Somaka as last-born — the Bhāgavata is meticulous about birth-order, which governs kṣatriya succession.
Śruta, Kavi, Vṛṣa, Vīra, Subāhu, Bhadra, Śānti, Darśa and Pūrṇamāsa were sons of Kālindī. Her youngest son was Somaka.
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Śruta, Kavi, Vṛṣa, Vīra, Subāhu, Bhadra, Śānti, Darśa and Pūrṇamāsa were sons of Kālindī. Her youngest son was Somaka.
Commentary

Among the sons of Kalini, Bhadra was one, and Somaka was the youngest (varah).

Jīva Gosvāmī Gauḍīya
Commentary

Vṛṣa was also the name of one of Nāgnajitī’s sons for some unavoidable reason. Different mothers used the same name for their sons. Vīra was also the name of another of Nāgnajitī’s son. They were both brave warriors.

Śrīdhara Svāmī Gauḍīya
Commentary

Ekalaḥ means one and refers to each of the sons.

Related values
Satya (Truthfulness)Vairagya (Detachment / Dispassion)Shanti (Peace / Tranquility)Kshama (Forgiveness / Patience)Atma Nigraha (Self-control)
Related verses
Concepts
Jiva
Kālindī's sons, including Śruta, Kavi, and Pūrṇamāsa, are named, ending with her youngest, Somaka. Even brief mentions in scripture point to lives lived in proximity to the Lord — an inheritance no wealth can match.
Reflection Questions
  • What inheritance am I building for my dependents — material wealth or spiritual connection?
  • How does proximity to Kṛṣṇa transform an otherwise ordinary biography?

Like the Yamunā giving up her dark waters to flow as a wife into Kṛṣṇa's house, Kālindī yields ten sons whose very names — Śānti, Pūrṇamāsa, Darśa — name the lunar days on which her riverbank still receives śrāddha-offerings.

Kālindī's tapasyā on the Yamunā

In SB 10.58, Kṛṣṇa found Kālindī performing austerities on the bank of the Yamunā, having vowed to marry only Him. She was the daughter of the sun-god (and so Yamunā's sister in some readings, the river itself in others). Kṛṣṇa accepted her vow and brought her to Dvārakā in His chariot.

The Vraja-bhāva commentary delights in this: the same Yamunā that received Kṛṣṇa's footprints in Vṛndāvana now receives Him as her own husband — Kālindī is the Yamunā's personal aspect in Dvārakā-līlā.

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