FolioCorpusBhagavad-gītā

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.90.33-34

ప్రద్యుమ్నశ్చానిరుద్ధశ్చ దీప్తిమాన్ భానురేవ చ । సామ్బో మధుర్బృహద్భ‍ానుశ్చిత్రభానుర్వృకోఽరుణ: ॥ ౩౩ ॥ పుష్కరో వేదబాహుశ్చ శ్రుతదేవ: సునన్దన: । చిత్రబాహుర్విరూపశ్చ కవిర్న్యగ్రోధ ఏవ చ ॥ ౩౪ ॥
pradyumnaś cāniruddhaś ca
[pradyumnash chaaniruddhash cha]
dīptimān bhānur eva ca
[deeptimaan bhaanur eva cha]
sāmbo madhur bṛhadbhānuś
[saambo madhur brihadbhaanush]
citrabhānur vṛko ’ruṇaḥ
[chitrabhaanur vriko ’runah]
puṣkaro vedabāhuś ca
[pushkaro vedabaahush cha]
śrutadevaḥ sunandanaḥ
[shrutadevah sunandanah]
citrabāhur virūpaś ca
[chitrabaahur viroopash cha]
kavir nyagrodha eva ca
[kavir nyagrodha eva cha]
pradyumnaḥ — Pradyumna ca — and aniruddhaḥ — Aniruddha ca — and dīptimān bhānuḥ — Dīptimān and Bhānu eva ca — also sāmbaḥ madhuḥ bṛhat - bhānuḥ — Sāmba, Madhu and Bṛhadbhānu citra - bhānuḥ vṛkaḥ aruṇaḥ — Citrabhānu, Vṛka and Aruṇa puṣkaraḥ veda - bāhuḥ ca — Puṣkara and Vedabāhu śrutadevaḥ sunandanaḥ — Śrutadeva and Sunandana citra - bāhuḥ virūpaḥ ca — Citrabāhu and Virūpa kaviḥ nyagrodhaḥ — Kavi and Nyagrodha eva ca — also .
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
pradyumnaś cāniruddhaś ca
pradyumnaḥ
Pradyumna
ca
and
aniruddhaḥ
Aniruddha
ca
and
dīptimān bhānur eva ca
dīptimān bhānuḥ
Dīptimān and Bhānu
eva ca
also
sāmbo madhur bṛhadbhānuś
sāmbaḥ madhuḥ bṛhat - bhānuḥ
Sāmba, Madhu and Bṛhadbhānu
citrabhānur vṛko ’ruṇaḥ
citra - bhānuḥ vṛkaḥ aruṇaḥ
Citrabhānu, Vṛka and Aruṇa
puṣkaro vedabāhuś ca
puṣkaraḥ veda - bāhuḥ ca
Puṣkara and Vedabāhu
śrutadevaḥ sunandanaḥ
śrutadevaḥ sunandanaḥ
Śrutadeva and Sunandana
citrabāhur virūpaś ca
citra - bāhuḥ virūpaḥ ca
Citrabāhu and Virūpa
kavir nyagrodha eva ca
kaviḥ nyagrodhaḥ
Kavi and Nyagrodha
eva ca
also .
  • pradyumnaḥ — Pradyumna
    Rukmiṇī's son, the first among the eighteen mahā-rathas. Gauḍīyas identify him as Kāmadeva returned — and in Pañcarātra theology he is one of Bhagavān's catur-vyūha expansions (Vāsudeva, Saṅkarṣaṇa, Pradyumna, Aniruddha). His name carries deity-level weight.
  • aniruddhaḥ — Aniruddha
    Pradyumna's son, Rukmavatī's grandson. Also a catur-vyūha-mūrti. Aniruddha means 'unobstructed.' Gauḍīya theology (Jīva Gosvāmī, Bhagavat-sandarbha) reads the catur-vyūha as Bhagavān's expansions for cosmic functions.
  • sāmbaḥ — Sāmba
    Son of Jāmbavatī. He plays a central — and unflattering — role in canto 11's account of the Yadu dynasty's end (he pretends to be a pregnant woman, gets cursed by sages, generates the club that destroys the Yadus). The naming here foreshadows that finale.
  • kaviḥ — Kavi (the wise one)
    Sanskrit for poet/seer. One of Kṛṣṇa's sons bears the name kavi — fitting for a dynasty in which 38 million teachers (verse 41) educated the children. Names declare destinies in Sanskrit genealogies.
They were Pradyumna, Aniruddha, Dīptimān, Bhānu, Sāmba, Madhu, Bṛhadbhānu, Citrabhānu, Vṛka, Aruṇa, Puṣkara, Vedabāhu, Śrutadeva, Sunandana, Citrabāhu, Virūpa, Kavi and Nyagrodha.

In the opinion of Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī, the Aniruddha mentioned here is Lord Kṛṣṇa’s son, not His well-known grandson through Pradyumna.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
They were Pradyumna, Aniruddha, Dīptimān, Bhānu, Sāmba, Madhu, Bṛhadbhānu, Citrabhānu, Vṛka, Aruṇa, Puṣkara, Vedabāhu, Śrutadeva, Sunandana, Citrabāhu, Virūpa, Kavi and Nyagrodha.
Commentary

The Aniruddha listed here is a son of Krsna not the son of Pradyumna, as the subject is the sons of Krsna.

Jīva Gosvāmī Gauḍīya
Commentary

Many of these were mentioned in the Chapter Sixty-one. Dīptimāṁs tāmrataptādyā rohiṇyās tanayā hareḥ: Dīptimāna and Tāmrataptā were sons of Rohiṇī (chief of the sixteen thousand queens). (SB 10.61.18) Those listed here are the chief sons among the other queens. Instead of Citrabāhu sometimes Citrabarhi is seen and instead of Virūpa sometimes Virūtha is seen.

Related values
Discriminative WisdomAsteya (Non-stealing / Honesty)Seva (Service / Selfless Action)Dana (Charity / Generosity)Aparigraha (Non-possessiveness)Santosha (Contentment)Yajña (Sacrifice / Spirit of Offering)
Related verses
Concepts
JivaChit

The eighteen names are read out — Pradyumna, Aniruddha, Sāmba, and so on. Bhāgavatam refuses generality at the close of Canto 10: even the secondary genealogies are kept. Each Vaiṣṇava soul has a name; even the dynasty's footnotes are sacred.

📝 My note

← Read full Chapter 90