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First Chapter]
This sutra describes the grandeur of the kingdom of Dwarkadheesh Krishna Maharaj. This description makes it clear that all the things necessary for a king were available in Maharaj Krishna's capital and his kingdom was prosperous in all aspects - economic, social, and military.
While explaining the words 'Dasanham Dasaraanam', the commentator Abhaydevsuri says - 'Samudravijayokshobhyastimitah sagarastatha. Himavanchalaschchaiva, dharana puranastatha ||1|| Abhichandrashcha navamo, vasudevascha veeryavan. Vasudevanuje kanye, kunti madri cha vishrute ||2|| Dasha cha te'shchi -pujyaah iti dasaarhaah.'
Meaning - Krishna Maharaj's father Vasudev had ten brothers. (1) Samudravijay, (2) Akshobhya, (3) Stimit, (4) Sagar, (5) Himavan, (6) Achal, (7) Dharan, (8) Puran, (9) Abhichandra, (10) Vasudev. All ten were very strong. Samudravijay was the eldest and Vasudev was the youngest. Kunti and Madri were their two sisters.
'Pajunnapaamokkhanam adhutthanam kumarakodinam' - meaning there were three and a half crore Kumaras and among them, Pradyumna was the chief.
Here a question may arise - were all these Kumaras present in Dwarka city? Or were some princes in Dwarka and some outside Dwarka? The solution is that the number of Kumaras mentioned by the sutrakar is not only of the princes residing in Dwarka. Rather, it is of all the princes. They resided in the entire kingdom of Maharaj Krishna. At that time, the kingdom of Krishna Maharaj extended up to the Vaithadya mountain, hence the said number of Kumaras resided in all three parts of Bharatavarsha.
The sutrakar further gives the words 'Uggasenpaamokkhanam solasanham rayasahassiinam'. This means - there were sixteen thousand kings, and Maharaj Ugrasen was their chief. Their kingdoms were also in all three parts and they resided in all three parts.
The sutrakar has given the number of Kumaras, kings, and other people with the intention that all these people lived in the kingdom of Krishna Maharaj and Krishna Maharaj ruled over them. Just as nowadays the population is ascertained through census and information about the caste, religion, and language of the residents of the country is obtained, similarly, at that time, the sutrakar has clearly mentioned how many Kumaras were there in the kingdom of Vasudev Krishna? How many kings were there? How big was the army? How many queens were there? How many courtesans were there? etc. This should not be understood to mean that all the people introduced by the sutrakar lived in Dwarka. 'Duddantasahassiinam' - meaning those who could not be subdued by enemies, who could not be defeated. There were 60,000 such ferocious people in the kingdom of Maharaj Krishna.