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Harivaṃśa
160. Krishna's children
JANAMEJAYA said:–O reverend Sir, of the many thousand wives of Krishna you have duly mentioned the names of eight. Do you now give an account of their children (1).
VAISHAMPAYANA said:—Eight queens of Krishna had been recognised as leading ones. They all gave birth to heroic sons.
Listen to an account of the names of their children (2). (Krishna's principal wives were) Rukshmini, Sātyabhāmā, Nāgnajiti, Sudattā, Saivyā, Lakshmanā, Mitravindā, Kālindi, Jāmvavati, Pouravi, Subhimā, Mādri and others. Amongst them, hear of the names of the sons of Rukshmini (3–4).
Rukshmini first gave birth to a son by name Pradyumna who killed Shamvara. Next she gave birth to the mighty car-warrior Chārudeshna, the scion of the Vrishni race,
and afterwards to Chāruchandra, Chārugarbha, Sudangstra, Druma, Sushena, Chārugupta, the powerful Chāruvinda and the youngest Chāruvāhu. Besides she gave birth to a daughter by name Chārumati.
Garudadhwaja (Krishna) begat on Satyabhāma, seven sons, namely, Bhānu, Bhimaratha, Kshupa, Rohita, Diptimān, Tāmrajāksha, and Jalāntaka and four daughters, namely Bhānu, Bhimarikā, Tāndrapakshā and Jalandhamā.
Jamvavati gave birth to a son, the ornament of the battle-field, by name Sāmva, as also to Mitravān, Mitravinda, Mitravāhu and Sunitha and a daughter by name Mitravati. Hear now of the children of Nāgnajiti (5-10).
She gave birth to two sons, Bhadrakāra and Bhadravinda and a daughter, by name Bhadravati.
Saivyā gave birth to Sangrāmajit, Satyajit, Senajit, Shura and Sapatnijit. The princes Vrikāshwa, Vrikanirvitti, Vrikadipti and Subhimā were Mādri's sons.
O king, hear now of the children of Lakshmanā. Gātravān, Gātragupta and the powerful Gātravinda were born with their youngest sister Gātravati.
Kālindi gave birth to a pious son by name Asruta whom Madhusudana gave to Shrutasenā. Having given that son away Hrishikesha delightedly said to his wife: “For long he will be the son of you both.”
Vrihati gave birth to Gada. Saivyā gave birth to Angada, Kumada, Sweta and a daughter by the name of Swetā.
Sudevā gave birth to five sons by name Avagāha, Sumitra, Suchi, Chitraratha and Chitrasena and a daughter by name Chitravati.
Besides Vanastambha, Stambha and Stambhavāna were born to him as sons. Of them Vanasthambha begat Mitrasena and Stambhavati.
Upāsangha begat two sons, Vajrāsu and Kshipra. Koushiki, Sutasomā, and Youdhisthiri gave birth to Yudhisthira, the wonderful warrior Kāpāli and Garuda (11-20).
Thus the sons of Mādhava numbered one lak and eighty thousand. They were all valiant and expert in fighting. O king, I have thus narrated the progeny of Janārddana (21–22).
O foremost of kings, Pradyumna begat on the Vidarbha princess a son by name Aniruddha. He had the emblem of a deer on his flag and no body could obstruct him in battle (23).
Baladeva begat on Revati two sons by name Nishatha and Ulmuka. Those two brothers were beautiful like gods.
Shura's son Vasudeva begat on his two wives Sutanu and Nārāchi two sons by name Poundra and Kapila. Of them Nārāchi gave birth to Kapila and Sutanu to Paundra.
Of those two sons Poundra became the king and Kapila entered into woods. Vasudeva begat on Sudrā the highly powerfull heroe Jara who was a great archer.
Vasudeva begat on Kāshi a quick-coursing son by name Supārshwa. Aniruddha had two sons, Sānu and Vajrā of whom the latter was the eldest.
Vajra begat Pratiratha whose son was Suchāru. Amitra, the youngest son of Vrishni, begat Sini whose sons were Satyavāk and the great car-warrior Satyaka.
The heroic Yuyudhāna was Satyaka's son. Yuyudhana's son was Asanga whose son was Tuni. Tuni's son was Yugandhara. With him, O king, the family ends (24–31).
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