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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.14.27

సప్త స్వసారస్తత్పత్న్యో మాతులాన్య: సహాత్మజా: । ఆసతే సస్‍నుషా: క్షేమం దేవకీప్రముఖా: స్వయమ్ ॥ ౨౭ ॥
sapta sva-sāras tat-patnyo
[sapta sva-saaras tat-patnyo]
mātulānyaḥ sahātmajāḥ
[maatulaanyah sahaatmajaah]
āsate sasnuṣāḥ kṣemaṁ
[aasate sasnushaah kshemam]
devakī-pramukhāḥ svayam
[devakee-pramukhaah svayam]
sapta — seven sva-sāraḥ — own sisters tat-patnyaḥ — his wives mātulānyaḥ — maternal aunts saha — along with ātma-jāḥ — sons and grandsons āsate — are all sasnuṣāḥ — with their daughters-in-law kṣemam — happiness devakī — Devakī pramukhāḥ — headed by svayam — personally.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
sapta sva-sāras tat-patnyo
sapta
seven
sva-sāraḥ
own sisters
tat-patnyaḥ
his wives
mātulānyaḥ sahātmajāḥ
mātulānyaḥ
maternal aunts
saha
along with
ātma-jāḥ
sons and grandsons
āsate sasnuṣāḥ kṣemaṁ
āsate
are all
sasnuṣāḥ
with their daughters-in-law
kṣemam
happiness
devakī-pramukhāḥ svayam
devakī
Devakī
pramukhāḥ
headed by
svayam
personally.
His seven wives, headed by Devakī, are all sisters. Are they and their sons and daughters-in-law all happy?
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Are our seven aunts, Vasudeva’s wives, who are like sisters, headed by Devakī, [Note: His wives were Rohiṇī, Devakī, Upadevī, Vṛkadevī, Saptamīdevī, Śraddhādevī, Śrutandharā, Janā. However Ṣraddhādevī was a vaiśya woman he met in the forest. However in the commentary on SB 1.11.29 it is mentioned that Vasudeva actually had eighteen wives. This is also mentioned in SB 10.84.47] and their sons and their wives well?
Commentary

Svasāraḥ means mutual, indicating sisters.

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