Those noble women who, out of pure love, served the Lord of the universe as their husband—massaging His feet and performing other acts of devotion—who can possibly describe the greatness of their penance? Their service was the fruit of countless virtuous deeds. In His own household, Krishna exemplified the path of righteousness as taught in the Vedas. By living as a householder, He demonstrated the ideal pursuit of dharma, artha, and kāma, showing by His own actions how one should live in the world. Thus, He became the very standard for all householders to follow. Krishna, the upholder of supreme dharma among householders, had sixteen thousand and more than one hundred queens. Among these, eight were foremost—led by Rukmiṇī, they shone as the chief jewels among women. The sons born to these queens are remembered in order. From each of His wives, Krishna, the infallible Lord, begot ten sons, matching the number of His wives. All these sons were mighty and valiant, but among them, eighteen stood out as great chariot-warriors, famed for their noble deeds. Their names are Pradyumna, Aniruddha, Dīptimān, Bhānu, Sāmba, Madhu, Bṛhadbhānu, Citrabhānu, Vṛka, Aruṇa, Puṣkara, Vedabāhu, Śrutadeva, Sunandana, Citrabāhu, Virūpa, Kavi, and Nyagrodha. Of all these sons of Krishna, the enemy of Madhu, Pradyumna, the son of Rukmiṇī, was the foremost—equal to his father in every way. This mighty Pradyumna married the daughter of Rukmi, and from their union was born Aniruddha, endowed with the strength of a thousand elephants. Aniruddha in turn married the granddaughter of Rukmi, and their son was Vajra—he who survived the destruction of the Yadu dynasty. From Vajra came Pratibahu; from Pratibahu, Subahu was born; from Subahu came Shantasena, and Shatasena was his son. In this illustrious lineage, none were poor, none had few children, none were short-lived or weak, and none failed in devotion to the Brahmanas. O King, so numerous were the men born in the Yadu dynasty, so renowned their deeds, that even in ten thousand years, one could not count them all. It is heard that there were three crore and eighty-eight thousand princes in the Yadu dynasty, all instructed by their family preceptors. Who could possibly count the Yadavas, those great souls, among whom even Ahuka was surrounded by a hundred thousand tens of thousands? Many fierce Daityas, who had been slain in battles between gods and demons, were born again among humans and, filled with pride, oppressed the people. To subdue them, O King, Hari instructed the gods to descend into the Yadu dynasty; thus, they appeared in a hundred and one families. Among them, Lord Hari Himself became the standard of greatness, and all the Yadavas who followed Him flourished. Absorbed in Krishna, the Vrishnis became so immersed in Him—in their resting, sitting, walking, talking, playing, bathing, and all their activities—that they no longer perceived their own separate identities. He sanctified the earth by being born among the Yadus; the river of heaven became pure by washing His feet; both those who loved Him and those who hated Him attained their true forms, conquered by the unconquerable. His holy name, which removes all inauspiciousness, established the sacredness of His lineage wherever it was heard or spoken. It is no wonder that Krishna, the wielder of the wheel of time, lifted the burden from the earth. Victory to Him, the abode of all beings, whose birth from Devaki is celebrated! Surrounded by the finest of the Yadus, He destroyed unrighteousness with His own arms. With His beautiful, smiling face, He removed the sufferings of all creatures, both moving and unmoving, and He increased the god of love in the hearts of the women of Vraja and the city. Thus, let the deeds of Krishna, the foremost of the Yadus—whose playful form enacted such wondrous pastimes to protect the righteous path, and whose actions destroy the bonds of karma—be heard by all who wish to follow His footsteps. By hearing, chanting, or contemplating the glorious stories of Mukunda, even mortal beings, through such devotion, attain His supreme abode—beyond the reach of death. For His sake, even kings renounced their homes and went to the forest. Thus concludes the ninetieth chapter, entitled "The Description of the Deeds of Sri Krishna," in the second half of the tenth canto of the great Purana, Srimad Bhagavata—the scripture for the paramahamsas.