प्रागयं वसुदेवस्य क्वचिज्जातस्तवात्मज: । वासुदेव इति श्रीमानभिज्ञा: सम्प्रचक्षते ॥ १७ ॥
prāgayaṁ vasudevasya kvacij jātas tavātmajaḥ vāsudeva iti śrīmān abhijñāḥ sampracakṣate
- prāk
- before
- ayam
- this child
- vasudevasya
- of Vasudeva
- kvacit
- sometimes
- jātaḥ
- was born
- tava
- your
- ātmajaḥ
- Kṛṣṇa, who has taken birth as your child
- vāsudevaḥ
- therefore He may be given the name Vāsudeva
- iti
- thus
- śrīmān
- very beautiful
- abhijñāḥ
- those who are learned
- sampracakṣate
- also say that Kṛṣṇa is Vāsudeva
For many reasons, this beautiful son of yours sometimes appeared previously as the son of Vasudeva. Therefore, those who are learned sometimes call this child Vāsudeva.