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SB 2.20.27

devamīḍhaḥ śatadhanuḥ

kṛtavarmeti tat-sutāḥ

devamīḍhasya śūrasya

māriṣā nāma patny abhūt
devamīḍhaḥ-Devamīḍha; śatadhanuḥ-Śatadhanu; kṛtavarmā-Kṛtavarmā; iti-thus; tat-sutāḥ-the sons of him (Hṛdika); devamīḍhasya-of Devamīḍha; śūrasya-of Śūra; māriṣā-Māriṣā; nāma-named; patnī-wife; abhūt-there was.





The three sons of Hṛdika were Devamīḍha, Śatadhanu and Kṛtavarmā. The son of Devamīḍha was Śūra, whose wife was named Māriṣā.





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tasyāṁ sa janayām āsa

daśa putrān akalmaṣān

vasudevaṁ devabhāgaṁ

devaśravasam ānakam

sṛñjayaṁ śyāmakaṁ kaṅkaṁ



śamīkaṁ vatsakaṁ vṛkam

deva-dundubhayo nedur

ānakā yasya janmani

vasudevaṁ hareḥ sthānaṁ



vadanty ānakadundubhim

pṛthā ca śrutadevā ca

śrutakīrtiḥ śrutaśravāḥ

rājādhidevī caiteṣāṁ



bhaginyaḥ pañca kanyakāḥ

kunteḥ sakhyuḥ pitā śūro

hy aputrasya pṛthām adāt

SYNONYMS



tasyām-in her (Māriṣā); saḥ-he (Śūra); janayām āsa-begot; daśa-ten; putrān-sons; akalmaṣān-spotless; vasudevam-Vasudeva; devabhāgam-Devabhāga; devaśravasam-Devaśravā; ānakam-Ānaka; sṛñjayam-Sṛñjaya; śyāmakam-Śyāmaka; kaṅkam-Kaṅkā; śamīkam-Śamīka; vatsakam-Vatsaka; vṛkam-Vṛka; deva-dundubhayaḥ-kettledrums sounded by the demigods; neduḥ-were beaten; ānakāḥ-a kind of kettledrum; yasya-whose; janmani-at the time of birth; vasudevam-unto Vasudeva; hareḥ-of the Supreme Personality of Godhead; sthānam-that place; vadanti-they call; ānakadundubhim-Ānakadundubhi; pṛthā-Pṛthā; ca-and; śrutadevā-Śrutadevā; ca-also; śrutakīrtiḥ-Śrutakīrti; śrutaśravāḥ-Śrutaśravā; rājādhidevī-Rājādhidevī; ca-also; eteṣām-of all these; bhaginyaḥ-sisters; pañca-five; kanyakāḥ-daughters (of Śūra); kunteḥ-of Kunti; sakhyuḥ-a friend; pitā-father; śūraḥ-Śūra; hi-indeed; aputrasya-(of Kunti) who was sonless; pṛthām-Pṛthā; adāt-delivered.





Through Māriṣā, King Śūra begot Vasudeva, Devabhāga, Devaśravā, Ānaka, Sṛñjaya, Śyāmaka, Kaṅka, Śamīka, Vatsaka and Vṛka. These ten sons were spotlessly pious personalities. When Vasudeva was born, the demigods from the heavenly kingdom sounded kettledrums. Therefore Vasudeva, who provided the proper place for the appearance of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa, was also known as Ānakadundubhi. The five daughters of King Śūra, named Pṛthā, Śrutadevā, Śrutakīrti, Śrutaśravā and Rājādhidevī, were Vasudeva's sisters. Śūra gave Pṛthā to his friend Kunti, who had no issue, and therefore another name of Pṛthā was Kuntī.