प्रवरश्रुतमुख्यांश्च साक्षाद् धर्मो वसूनिव । वसुदेवस्तु देवक्यामष्ट पुत्रानजीजनत् ॥ ५३ ॥ कीर्तिमन्तं सुषेणं च भद्रसेनमुदारधी: । ऋजुं सम्मर्दनं भद्रं सङ्कर्षणमहीश्वरम् ॥ ५४ ॥ अष्टमस्तु तयोरासीत् स्वयमेव हरि: किल । सुभद्रा च महाभागा तव राजन् पितामही ॥ ५५ ॥
pravara-sruta-mukhyams ca saksad dharmo vasun iva vasudevas tu devakyam asta putran ajijanat kirtimantam susenam ca bhadrasenam udara-dhih rjum sammardanam bhadram sankarsanam ahisvaram astamas tu tayor asit svayam eva harih kila subhadra ca mahabhaga tava rajan pitamahi
- pravara
- Pravara (in some readings, Pauvara)
- sruta
- Sruta
- mukhyan
- headed by
- ca
- and
- saksat
- directly
- dharmah
- religion personified
- vasun iva
- exactly like the chief Vasus in the heavenly planets
- vasudevah
- Srila Vasudeva, the father of Krsna
- tu
- indeed
- devakyam
- in the womb of Devaki
- asta
- eight
- putran
- sons
- ajijanat
- begot
- kirtimantam
- Kirtiman
- susenam ca
- and Susena
- bhadrasenam
- Bhadrasena
- udara-dhih
- all fully qualified
- rjum
- Rju
- sammardanam
- Sammardana
- bhadram
- Bhadra
- sankarsanam
- Sankarsana
- ahi-isvaram
- the supreme controller and serpent incarnation
- astamah
- the eighth one
- tu
- but
- tayoh
- of both (Devaki and Vasudeva)
- asit
- appeared
- svayam eva
- directly, personally
- harih
- the Supreme Personality of Godhead
- kila
- what to speak of
- subhadra
- a sister, Subhadra
- ca
- and
- mahabhaga
- highly fortunate
- tava
- your
- rajan
- O Maharaja Pariksit
- pitamahi
- grandmother
The eight sons born of Sahadeva such as Pravara and Sruta, were exact incarnations of the eight Vasus in the heavenly planets. Vasudeva also begot eight highly qualified sons through the womb of Devaki. These included Kirtiman, Susena, Bhadrasena, Rju, Sammardana, Bhadra and Sankarsana, the controller and serpent incarnation. The eighth son was the Supreme Personality of Godhead Himself — Krsna. The highly fortunate Subhadra, the one daughter, was your grandmother.