Canto 10: The Summum BonumChapter 85: Lord Kṛṣṇa Instructs Vasudeva and Retrieves Devakī's Sons

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.85.32-33

cirān mṛta-sutādāne

guruṇā kila coditau

āninyathuḥ pitṛ-sthānād

gurave guru-dakṣiṇām

tathā me kurutaḿ kāmaḿ

yuvāḿ yogeśvareśvarau

bhoja-rāja-hatān putrān

kāmaye draṣṭum āhṛtān

SYNONYMS

cirāt — for a long time; mṛta — dead; suta — the son; ādāneto return; guruṇā — by Your spiritual master; kilait has been heard; coditau — ordered; āninyathuḥ — You brought him; pitṛ — of the forefathers; sthānāt — from the place; guraveto Your spiritual master; guru-dakṣiṇāmas a token of thanksgiving for Your guru's mercy; tathāin the same way; me — my; kurutam — please fulfill; kāmam — the desire; yuvām — You two; yoga-īśvara — of the masters of yoga; īśvarauO masters; bhoja-rāja — by the King of Bhoja (Kaḿsa); hatān — killed; putrān — my sons; kāmayeI wish; draṣṭumto see; āhṛtān — brought back.

TRANSLATION

It is said that when Your spiritual master ordered You to retrieve his long-dead son, You brought him back from the forefathers' abode as a token of remuneration for Your guru's mercy. Please fulfill my desire in the same way, O supreme masters of all yoga masters. Please bring back my sons who were killed by the King of Bhoja, so that I may see them once again.

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