SB 9.24.45 — FolioCorpus

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 9.24.45

पौरवी रोहिणी भद्रा मदिरा रोचना इला देवकीप्रमुखाश्चासन् पत्‍न्य आनकदुन्दुभे: ॥ ४५ ॥

pauravī rohiṇī bhadrā

[pauravee rohinee bhadraa]

madirā rocanā ilā

[madiraa rochanaa ilaa]

devakī-pramukhāś cāsan

[devakee-pramukhaash chaasan]

patnya ānakadundubheḥ

[patnya aanakadundubheh]

Word-for-word

pauravī — Pauravī rohiṇī — Rohiṇī bhadrā — Bhadrā madirā — Madirā rocanā — Rocanā ilā — Ilā devakī — Devakī pramukhāḥ — headed by ca — and āsan — existed patnyaḥ — wives ānakadundubheḥ — of Vasudeva, who was known as Ānakadundubhi.

Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)

pauravī rohiṇī bhadrā

pauravī

Pauravī

rohiṇī

Rohiṇī

bhadrā

Bhadrā

madirā rocanā ilā

madirā

Madirā

rocanā

Rocanā

ilā

Ilā

devakī-pramukhāś cāsan

devakī

Devakī

pramukhāḥ

headed by

and

āsan

existed

patnya ānakadundubheḥ

patnyaḥ

wives

ānakadundubheḥ

of Vasudeva, who was known as Ānakadundubhi.

Devakī, Pauravī, Rohiṇī, Bhadrā, Madirā, Rocanā, Ilā and others were all wives of Ānakadundubhi [Vasudeva]. Among them all, Devakī was the chief.

Gauḍīya Ācāryas

Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya

Translation

Devakī, Pauravī, Rohiṇī, Bhadrā, Madirā, Rocanā, Ilā were all wives of Vasudeva. Among them all, Devakī was the chief.

Personal Guidance

Vasudeva's many wives — Devakī, Pauravī, Rohiṇī, Bhadrā, Madirā, Rocanā, Ilā — with Devakī as the chief. Even Vasudeva had multiple wives, and the Bhāgavatam casually names them all without apology.

Reflection Questions

Where am I bringing modern monogamous templates to ancient marriage configurations that worked differently?
What would more flexibility in reading scripture do to my reception of its actual claims?

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