Canto 10: The Summum BonumChapter 55: The History of Pradyumna

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.55.39

naṣṭaḿ pradyumnam āyātam

ākarṇya dvārakaukasaḥ

aho mṛta ivāyāto

bālo diṣṭyeti hābruvan

SYNONYMS

naṣṭam — lost; pradyumnamPradyumna; āyātam — returned; ākarṇya — hearing; dvārakā-okasaḥ — the residents of Dvārakā; aho — aḥ; mṛtaḥ — dead; ivaas if; āyātaḥ — come back; bālaḥ — the child; diṣṭyā — by the favor of providence; iti — thus; ha — indeed; abruvan — they spoke.

TRANSLATION

Hearing that lost Pradyumna had come home, the residents of Dvārakā declared, "Ah, providence has allowed this child to return as if from death!"

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