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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.14.31
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 31
- suṣeṇaś cārudeṣṇaś ca
- sāmbo jāmbavatī-sutaḥ
- anye ca kārṣṇi-pravarāḥ
- saputrā ṛṣabhādayaḥ
suṣeṇaḥSuṣeṇa — Suṣeṇa; cārudeṣṇaḥCārudeṣṇa — Cārudeṣṇa; caand — and; sāmbaḥSāmba — Sāmba; jāmbavatīthe son of Jāmbavatī-sutaḥthe son of Jāmbavatī — the son of Jāmbavatī; anyeothers — others; caalso — also; kārṣṇithe sons of Lord Kṛṣṇa — the sons of Lord Kṛṣṇa; pravarāḥall chieftains — all chieftains; saalong with their sons-putrāḥalong with their sons — along with their sons; ṛṣabhaṚṣabha — Ṛṣabha; ādayaḥetc — etc.
Are all the chieftain sons of Lord Kṛṣṇa, such as Suṣeṇa, Cārudeṣṇa, Sāmba the son of Jāmbavatī, and Ṛṣabha, along with their sons, all doing well?
As already mentioned, Lord Kṛṣṇa married 16,108 wives, and each of them had ten sons. Therefore 16,108 x 10 161,080 sons. They all grew up, and each of them had as many sons as their father, and the whole aggregate was something near 1,610,800 family members of the Lord. The Lord is the father of all living beings, who are countless in number; therefore only a few of them are called to associate with the Lord in His transcendental pastimes as the Lord of Dvārakā on this earth. It is not astonishing that the Lord maintained a visible family consisting of so many members. It is better to refrain from comparing the Lord's position to ours, and it becomes a simple truth as soon as we understand at least a partial calculation of the Lord's transcendental position. King Yudhiṣṭhira, while inquiring about the Lord's sons and grandsons at Dvārakā, mentioned only the chieftains amongst them, for it was impossible for him to remember all the names of the Lord's family members.