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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.61.16

वृको हर्षोऽनिलो गृध्रो वर्धनोन्नाद एव च । महांस: पावनो वह्निर्मित्रविन्दात्मजा: क्षुधि: ॥ १६ ॥
vṛko harṣo ’nilo gṛdhro
[vriko harsho ’nilo gridhro]
vardhanonnāda eva ca
[vardhanonnaada eva cha]
mahāṁsaḥ pāvano vahnir
[mahaamsah paavano vahnir]
mitravindātmajāḥ kṣudhiḥ
[mitravindaatmajaah kshudhih]
Word-for-word
vṛkaḥ harṣaḥ anilaḥ gṛdhraḥ — Vṛka, Harṣa, Anila and Gṛdhra vardhana - unnādaḥ — Vardhana and Unnāda eva ca — also mahāṁsaḥ pāvanaḥ vahniḥ — Mahāṁsa, Pāvana and Vahni mitravindā — of Mitravindā ātmajāḥ — sons kṣudhiḥ — Kṣudhi .
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
vṛko harṣo ’nilo gṛdhro
vṛkaḥ harṣaḥ anilaḥ gṛdhraḥ
Vṛka, Harṣa, Anila and Gṛdhra
vardhanonnāda eva ca
vardhana - unnādaḥ
Vardhana and Unnāda
eva ca
also
mahāṁsaḥ pāvano vahnir
mahāṁsaḥ pāvanaḥ vahniḥ
Mahāṁsa, Pāvana and Vahni
mitravindātmajāḥ kṣudhiḥ
mitravindā
of Mitravindā
ātmajāḥ
sons
kṣudhiḥ
Kṣudhi .
Important Words
  • anilaḥ — Anila
    'Wind.' One of the Vasus in earlier Bhāgavata-cosmology (SB 6.6). The Yadu-princes' names often double as deity-names, marking them as devatā-aṁśa born among Kṛṣṇa's sons.
  • vahniḥ — Vahni
    'Carrier' — i.e. fire, which carries oblations to the gods. Naming a son Vahni signals he is the son-as-yajña, carrying the family's offerings upward.
  • mitravindā — Mitravindā
    mitra (friend, also the sun-deity Mitra) + vindā (finder). Fifth of the aṣṭa-mahiṣīs. Her name's etymology — 'finder of the friend' — is fulfilled in her finding Kṛṣṇa as her sakhā-husband.
Mitravindā’s sons were Vṛka, Harṣa, Anila, Gṛdhra, Vardhana, Unnāda, Mahāṁsa, Pāvana, Vahni and Kṣudhi.
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Mitravindā's sons were Vṛka, Harṣa, Anila, Gṛdhra, Vardhana, Unnāda, Mahāṁsa, Pāvana, Vahni and Kṣudhi.
Jīva Gosvāmī Gauḍīya
Commentary

Mahīśa is sometimes seen instead of Mahāṁsa and Bahvanna instead of Vardhana.

Śrīdhara Svāmī Gauḍīya
Commentary

Eva means api. Annādo pi mahāṁsaś ca. The three words (including vardhana) have similar meaning. Sometimes mahāṣa is seen instead of mahāṁśa.

Related values & verses
Concepts
Jiva
Personal Guidance
Mitravindā's sons are named, including Vṛka, Harṣa and Pāvana. Each son of the Lord stands as a reminder that intimacy with Kṛṣṇa produces visible fruit in this world.
Reflection Questions
  • What visible fruit of my devotion can I see in my conduct this week?
  • How does intimacy with Kṛṣṇa show up in the choices I make when no one is watching?
Analogy

Like ten brisk winds — Anila, Vahni, Pāvana — Mitravindā's sons bear the names of breath, fire, and sweepers-clean, fitting the daughter whose marriage to Kṛṣṇa was His winning her against a hall of suitors.

Stories
Mitravindā's brothers oppose Kṛṣṇa

Mitravindā was Kṛṣṇa's own cousin (daughter of His paternal aunt Rājādhidevī). Her two brothers, Vinda and Anuvinda, sided with Duryodhana and refused to give their sister to Kṛṣṇa, preferring Duryodhana. At her svayaṁvara (SB 10.58) Kṛṣṇa simply lifted her into His chariot and rode off, defeating the assembled kings.

The Bhāgavata notes this without scandal — Vaiṣṇava marriage texts list rākṣasa-vivāha (forceful taking) as legitimate for kṣatriyas, and the larger frame is always Bhagavān reclaiming what is His.

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Source: vedabase.io

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