Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.61.7
తాసాం యా దశపుత్రాణాం కృష్ణస్త్రీణాం పురోదితా: ।
అష్టౌ మహిష్యస్తత్పుత్రాన్ ప్రద్యుమ్నాదీన్ గృణామి తే ॥ ౭ ॥
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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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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