SB 10.55.39

Srimad-Bhagavatam, Tenth Canto, Chapter 55: The History of Pradyumna

SB 10.55.38

SB 10.55.40

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 39

naṣṭaṁ pradyumnam āyātam
ākarṇya dvārakaukasaḥ
aho mṛta ivāyāto
bālo diṣṭyeti hābruvan

SYNONYMS

naṣṭam—lost; pradyumnam—Pradyumna; āyātam—returned; ākarṇya—hearing; dvārakā-okasaḥ—the residents of Dvārakā; aho—aḥ; mṛtaḥ—dead; iva—as 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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