Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.85.51
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
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smara-udgīthaḥ pariṣvaṅgaḥ
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Smara, Udgītha, Pariṣvaṅga
Three of the six personal names. The Bhāgavatam preserves them individually — even devas-fallen-into-daityas-into-Devakī's-womb retain their own names through the whole arc. Identity is not destroyed by transmigration.
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pataṅgaḥ kṣudrabhṛt ghṛṇī
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Pataṅga, Kṣudrabhṛt, Ghṛṇī
The remaining three names. Their meanings are roughly 'flyer', 'small-bearer', 'compassionate'. Gauḍīyas: even the smallest narrative detail in the Bhāgavatam is preserved because the Lord wants His devotees' names remembered.
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mat-prasādena
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by My grace
Compound + instrumental: mat (My) + prasāda (mercy). The sole operative agent. Not their merit, not even Devakī's grief in itself — only Bhagavān's prasāda lifts them home.
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sat-gatim
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the destination of the pure
Compound: sat (real, pure) + gati (destination). The sat-loka, the abode of saintly beings. Gauḍīyas: there is a hierarchy of destinations; sat-gati is high but Goloka is higher.
These are the names the six children first had when they were sons of Marīci. The oldest, Smara, was called Kīrtimān when born again to Vasudeva, as recorded in the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (10.1.57) : kīrtimantaṁ prathama-jaṁ kaṁsāyānakadundubhiḥ arpayām āsa kṛcchreṇa so ’nṛtad ati-vihvalaḥ “Vasudeva was very much disturbed by the fear of becoming a liar by breaking his promise. Thus with great pain he delivered his firstborn son, named Kīrtimān, into the hands of Kaṁsa.”
He names the sons according to the names they had as sons of Marici.
He names them so there will be certainty of their identities. After their enjoyment, they will later attain the Lord’s eternal abode, the place of the aprakaṭa pastimes of the Yādavas (sad-gatim).
He points them out so there will be certainty of their identities. After their enjoyment, they will later attain the Lord’s eternal abode, (sad-gatim), Vaikuṇṭha. Or they will go to my planet. He names them to show the certainty of their destination. Punar is simply an ornament.
- What ancient pattern in my family might be undone by sustained grace?
- Where could I become a turning point in a long family story?
Six lamps lit ages ago, blown out by Kaṁsa, are about to be re-lit by their own mother's touch — and they will go up into the lamp-room where they belong. Naming each of them gives the curse a final, individual shape: Smara, Udgītha, Pariṣvaṅga, Pataṅga, Kṣudrabhṛt, Ghṛṇī.
My note
Source: vedabase.io