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| Canto 9: Liberation | Chapter 20: The Dynasty of Puru |
Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 9.20.20
khe vag ahasaririni
SYNONYMS
yada -- when; na -- not; jagrihe -- accepted; raja -- the King (Dushmanta); bharya-putrau -- his real son and real wife; aninditau -- not abominable, not accused by anyone; srinvatam -- while hearing; sarva-bhutanam -- all the people; khe -- in the sky; vak -- a sound vibration; aha -- declared; asaririni -- without a body.
TRANSLATION
When the King refused to accept his wife and son, who were both irreproachable, an unembodied voice spoke from the sky as an omen and was heard by everyone present.
PURPORT
Maharaja Dushmanta knew that Sakuntala and the boy were his own wife and son, but because they came from outside and were unknown to the citizens, he at first declined to accept them. Sakuntala, however, was so chaste that an omen from the sky declared the truth so that others could hear. When everyone heard from the omen that Sakuntala and her child were truly the King's wife and son, the King gladly accepted them.
Copyright (c) The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust International, Inc.
His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Founder Acarya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness