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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.61.1

శ్రీశుక ఉవాచ ఏకైకశస్తా: కృష్ణస్య పుత్రాన్ దశ దశాబలా: । అజీజనన్ననవమాన్పితు: సర్వాత్మసమ్పదా ॥ ౧ ॥
śrī-śuka uvāca
[shree-shuka uvaacha]
ekaikaśas tāḥ kṛṣṇasya
[ekaikashas taah krishnasya]
putrān daśa-daśābaāḥ
[putraan dasha-dashaabaaah]
ajījanann anavamān
[ajeejanann anavamaan]
pituḥ sarvātma-sampadā
[pituh sarvaatma-sampadaa]
śrī - śukaḥ uvāca — Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said eka - ekaśaḥ — each one of them tāḥ — they kṛṣṇasya — of Lord Kṛṣṇa putrān — sons daśa - daśa — ten each abalāḥ — the wives ajījanan — gave birth to anavamān — not inferior pituḥ — to their father sarva — in all ātma — His personal sampadā — opulences .
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
śrī-śuka uvāca
śrī - śukaḥ uvāca
Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said
ekaikaśas tāḥ kṛṣṇasya
eka - ekaśaḥ
each one of them
tāḥ
they
kṛṣṇasya
of Lord Kṛṣṇa
putrān daśa-daśābaāḥ
putrān
sons
daśa - daśa
ten each
abalāḥ
the wives
ajījanann anavamān
ajījanan
gave birth to
anavamān
not inferior
pituḥ sarvātma-sampadā
pituḥ
to their father
sarva
in all
ātma
His personal
sampadā
opulences .
  • kṛṣṇasya — of Lord Kṛṣṇa
    Genitive of Kṛṣṇa, signalling that even the vast Yadu dynasty is His possession, His issue. For Gauḍīyas the name itself is Bhagavān's svarūpa — Rūpa Gosvāmī's Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta reads such genealogies as Kṛṣṇa's own aiśvarya unfolding, not mere royal record.
  • putrān — sons
    Accusative plural of putra. In the Bhāgavatam pattern the Lord's sons are His vibhūti, sharing His opulence (sarvātma-sampadā) without equalling Him — a structural echo of acintya-bhedābheda.
  • anavamān — not inferior
    a-na-ava-ma: 'not-down-most.' The text takes care to deny inferiority while never asserting equality — each son is empowered (āveśa) by Kṛṣṇa's own opulence yet remains His dependent.
  • sarva — in all
    Marks completeness — every one of the six opulences (aiśvarya, vīrya, yaśas, śrī, jñāna, vairāgya) is transmitted, fitting Parāśara's classical definition of Bhagavān which Gauḍīyas inherit through the Bhāgavatam.
  • sampadā — with opulence
    Instrumental of sampad. Used throughout Bhāgavatam for the divine opulences proper to Bhagavān — the same word Sūta uses of Kṛṣṇa's full ṣaḍ-aiśvarya.
Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: Each of Lord Kṛṣṇa’s wives gave birth to ten sons, who were not less than their father, having all His personal opulence.

Lord Kṛṣṇa had 16,108 wives, and thus this verse indicates that the Lord begot 161,080 sons.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: Each of Lord Kṛṣṇa's wives gave birth to ten sons, who were not less than their father, having all His personal opulence.
Commentary

This chapter describes the sons and grandsons of Krsna, and the killing of Rukmi by Balarama at the dice game during the marriage of Aniruddha. The wives gave birth to sons who were not less than Krsna in terms of their personal powers and qualities.

Jīva Gosvāmī Gauḍīya
Commentary

His wives, who did not have a goal without him (abalāḥ), each had ten sons who were not less than their father.

Śrīdhara Svāmī Gauḍīya
Commentary

All the young women with slender bodies (tāḥ abalāḥ) belonging to Kṛṣṇa, endowed with all powers, gave birth to ten sons, not less in abundance than him.

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Dana (Charity / Generosity)Dhriti (Resilience / Steadfastness / Fortitude)Prema (Divine Love)Shaucha (Cleanliness / Purity)Samata (Equanimity / Even-mindedness)Guru Bhakti (Reverence for Teacher)Shraddha (Faith / Reverence)Udyama (Industriousness / Effort)Asteya (Non-stealing / Honesty)Achapalya (Steadiness / Non-fickleness)Aparigraha (Non-possessiveness)
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Like a single lamp lit before a hall of mirrors, Kṛṣṇa stands one and undivided while ten sons spring up in each of His eight queens' palaces — every reflection bearing the lamp's own light, no son inferior to the father.

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