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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.61.7

तासां या दशपुत्राणां कृष्णस्‍त्रीणां पुरोदिता: । अष्टौ महिष्यस्तत्पुत्रान् प्रद्युम्नादीन् गृणामि ते ॥ ७ ॥
tāsāṁ yā daśa-putrāṇāṁ
[taasaam yaa dasha-putraanaam]
kṛṣṇa-strīṇāṁ puroditāḥ
[krishna-streenaam puroditaah]
aṣṭau mahiṣyas tat-putrān
[ashtau mahishyas tat-putraan]
pradyumnādīn gṛṇāmi te
[pradyumnaadeen grinaami te]
Word-for-word
tāsām — among those yāḥ — who daśa — having ten putrāṇām — sons kṛṣṇa - strīṇām — wives of Lord Kṛṣṇa purā — previously uditāḥ — mentioned aṣṭau — eight mahiṣyaḥ — chief queens tat — their putrān — sons pradyumna - ādīn — headed by Pradyumna gṛṇāmi — I shall recite te — for you .
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
tāsāṁ yā daśa-putrāṇāṁ
tāsām
among those
yāḥ
who
daśa
having ten
putrāṇām
sons
kṛṣṇa-strīṇāṁ puroditāḥ
kṛṣṇa - strīṇām
wives of Lord Kṛṣṇa
purā
previously
uditāḥ
mentioned
aṣṭau mahiṣyas tat-putrān
aṣṭau
eight
mahiṣyaḥ
chief queens
tat
their
putrān
sons
pradyumnādīn gṛṇāmi te
pradyumna - ādīn
headed by Pradyumna
gṛṇāmi
I shall recite
te
for you .
Important Words
  • mahiṣyaḥ — chief queens
    From mahiṣī, principal queen of a king (as opposed to other consorts). The eight aṣṭa-mahiṣīs are specifically the named, married queens — Rukmiṇī, Satyabhāmā, Jāmbavatī, Kālindī, Mitravindā, Bhadrā, Lakṣmaṇā, Nagnajitī — distinguished in Gauḍīya devotion from the 16,100.
  • pradyumna-ādīn — headed by Pradyumna
    Pradyumna is Kṛṣṇa's vyūha-expansion who took birth as Rukmiṇī's son after being abducted as an infant by Śambara (SB 10.55). In Pāñcarātra he is the third vyūha — placing him at the head of the sons signals he is no ordinary prince.
  • gṛṇāmi — I shall recite
    From √gṛ, 'to praise, to chant.' The same verb gives gīrvāṇa (one whose speech is praise). Śuka frames the list not as dynasty-cataloguing but as a kind of nāma-saṅkīrtana of Kṛṣṇa's family — fitting for a Bhāgavata-pāṭha.
  • kṛṣṇa-strīṇām — of the wives of Lord Kṛṣṇa
    kṛṣṇa-strī as a compound elevates the women: they are not generic strīs but Kṛṣṇa's strīs, sharing in His identity. Gauḍīyas note that even being called 'Kṛṣṇa's' is itself a Vaikuṇṭha-credential.
Among Lord Kṛṣṇa’s wives, each of whom had ten sons, I previously mentioned eight principal queens. I shall now recite for you the names of those eight queens’ sons, headed by Pradyumna.
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Among Lord Kṛṣṇa's wives, each of whom had ten sons, I previously mentioned eight principal queens. I shall now recite for you the names of those eight queens' sons, headed by Pradyumna.
Commentary

Having described a related topic, now the main topic is introduced. Each queen had ten sons. First the sons of the principal eight queens are named.

Jīva Gosvāmī Gauḍīya
Commentary

I will describe on the ten sons of the eight queens, since describing others will increase the volume of the text too much.

Śrīdhara Svāmī Gauḍīya
Commentary

He will mention the names of the ten sons of the eight queens, and not the others. The mood of the story would be interrupted since there were so many sons to mention. Pradyumna was the first son.

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Personal Guidance
Śukadeva announces the names of the principal queens' sons, beginning with Pradyumna. The careful preservation of these names reminds us that every soul in the Lord's family has individual significance.
Reflection Questions
  • Do I treat the Lord's devotees as a faceless crowd or as individuals worth knowing by name?
  • How might naming and remembering Kṛṣṇa's associates deepen my own connection to Him?
Analogy

Like a gardener naming each tree only after he has planted all eight rows, Śuka first establishes the principle — ten sons per queen — and only now names the rows, beginning with Pradyumna at the head.

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