Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 9.24.52

devarakṣitayā labdhā

nava cātra gadādayaḥ

vasudevaḥ sutān aṣṭāv

ādadhe sahadevayā

SYNONYMS

devarakṣitayā — by the wife named Devarakṣitā; labdhāḥ — achieved; nava — nine; ca — also; atra — here; gadā-ādayaḥ — sons headed by Gadā; vasudevaḥ — Śrīla Vasudeva; sutān — sons; aṣṭau — eight; ādadhe — begot; sahadevayā — in the wife named Sahadevā.

TRANSLATION

By the semen of Vasudeva in the womb of Devarakṣitā, nine sons were born, headed by Gadā. Vasudeva, who was religion personified, also had a wife named Sahadevā, by whose womb he begot eight sons, headed by Śruta and Pravara.

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