How many children did Bhagwan Krishn have?

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Before reading the answer to this questions, it might be useful to read this answer so there is clarity, How many wives did Bhagwan Krishn have? Sri Bhagwan had 16108 wives and from each wife he had 10 sons with each wife. From the main 8 prominent queens he had (8*10) 80 sons. The remaining 16100 wives married Bhagwan after he killed the wicked demon Narkasur. All of them requested that he accepts them as wives as they felt society would not accept them and be able to have a normal life. Sri Bhagwan accepted them as wife. So Bhagwan also had 10 sons from each of his 16100 wives. So in total he had a total of (16100*10) + (8*10) = 161080 sons (Bhagwat Puran 10.90.29 to 30). Of the 8 main principal wives 10 sons were born from each wife and they are named as follows in Bhagwat Puran 10.61.7 to 17:

According to Bhagwat Puran the following list of children belongs to Sri Bhagwan Krishn.

Name of WifeDaughterSon
RukhmaniChārumatiPradyumna
Carudesna
Sudesna
Carudeha
Sucâru
Carugupta
Bhadracaru
Cärucandra
Vicäru
Caru
SatyabhâmàBhänu
Subhänu
Swarbhanu
Prabhänu
Bhanuman
Candrabhänu
Brhadbhänu
Atibhanu
Sribhanu
Pratibhanu
JambavatiSamba
Sumitra
Purujit
Satajit
Sahasrajit
Vijaya
Citraketu
Vasumän
Dravida
Kratu
NagnajitiVira
Candra
Aswasena
Citragu
Vegavan
Vrsa
Ama
Sanku
Vasu
Kunti
KalindiSruta
Kavi
Vrsa
Vira
Subâhu
Bhadra
Santi
Darsa
Purnamasa
Somaka
LaksmanàPraghosa
Gatravan
Sima
Bala
Prabala
Urdhvaga
Mahasakti
Saha
Oja
Aparajita
MitravindäVrka
Harsa
Anila
Grahra
Vardhana
Annada
Mahaa
Pavana
Vahni
Ksudhi
BhadraSangrämajit
Brhatsena
Sura
Praharana
Arijit
Jaya
Subhadra
Vama
Ayu
Satyaka
Source Bhagwat Puran 10.61.7 to 17

According to Harivamsa Puran the following list of children belongs to Sri Bhagwan Krishn. This list is different compared to Bhagwat Puran because this might be linked to different list of children during different Kalp (creation phase) where Bhagwan had some children by different names.

Name of WifeDaughterSon
RukhmaniChārumatiPradyumna
Chārudeshna
Chāruchandra
Chārugarbha
Sudangstra
Druma
Sushena
Chārugupta
Chāruvinda
Chāruvāhu
SatyabhamaBhānu
Bhimarikā
Tāndrapaksha
Jalandhama
Bhānu
Bhimaratha
Kshupa
Rohita
Diptimān
Tāmrajaksha
Jalāntaka
JamvavatiMitravatiSāmva
Mitravān
Mitravinda
Mitravāhu
Sunitha
NagnajitiBhadravatiBhadrakāra
Bhadravinda
SaivyāSangrāmajit
Satyajit
Senajit
Shura
Sapatnijit
MadriVrikāshwa
Vrikanirvitti
Vrikadipti
Subhimā
LakshmanāGātravatiGātravān
Gātragupta
Gātravinda
KālindiAsruta
VrihatiGada
SaivyāSwetāAngada
Kumada
Sweta
SudevāChitravatiAvagāha
Sumitra
Suchi
Chitraratha
Chitrasena
UpāsanghaVajrāsu
Kshipra
KoushikiYudhisthira
SutasomaKāpāli
YoudhisthiriGaruda
Source Harivamsh Puran 250.5 to 20

He also had a daughter with Mata Rukhmani as well. Her name was Cārumatī (Bhagwat Puran 10.61.24).

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It is further mentioned that Sri Bhagwan Krishn had such a large number of children and grandchildren such that it required 30,880,000 teachers as mention in Bhagwat Puran 10.90.41.

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From Harivamsh Puran there is evidence that mentions more about Bhagwan’s family. Below is a snippet of the chapter titles Krishna’s Children where sons and daughters of Bhagwan are mentioned.

Harivamsh Puran

CHAPTER 250 – KRISHNA’S CHILDREN (or Book 2 Vishnu Purva Chapter 104)

Vaishampāyana said:–0 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).

Vaishampāyana 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, Satyabhāmā, Nagnajiti, 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 Satyabhama, seven sons, namely, Bhānu, Bhimaratha, Kshupa, Rohita, Diptimān, Tāmrajaksha, and Jalāntaka and four daughters, namely Bhānu, Bhimarikā, Tāndrapaksha and Jalandhama. 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 Nagnajiti (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 Madri’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, Sutasoma, 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 powerful hero 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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