Texts 32-33] Disapearance of Lord Krsna 753
susenas carudesnas ca
sambo jambavati-sutah
anye ca karsni-pravarah
sa-putra rsabhadayah
susenah—Susena; cdarudesnah—Carudesna; ca—and; sdmbah—Samba;
jambavati-sutah—the son of Jambavati; anye—others; ca—also; karsni—the
sons of Lord Krsna; pravarah—all chieftains; sa-putrah—along with their
sons; rsabha— Rgabha; adayah—etc.
TRANSLATION
Are all the chieftain sons of Lord Krsna, such as Susena, Carudesna,
Samba the son of Jambavati, Rsabha and all others, along with their sons,
all doing well?
PURPORT
As already mentioned, Lord Krsna had 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; there-
fore only a few of them are called to associate with the Lord in His
transcendental pastimes as the Lord of Dvaraka on this earth. It is not
astonishing if the Lord maintained a visible family consisting of so many
members. It is better to refrain from comparing the Lord’s position
with ours, and it becomes a simple truth as soon as we understand
at least a partial calculation of the Lord’s transcendental position. King
Yudhisthira, while inquiring about the Lord’s sons and grandsons at
Dvaraka, mentioned only the chieftains amongst them, otherwise it was
impossible for him to remember all the names of the Lord’s family
members.
TEXTS 32-33
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