### SB 1.12.31

> स राजपुत्रो ववृधे आशु शुक्ल इवोडुपः ।\
> आपूर्यमाणः पितृभिः काष्ठाभिरिव सोऽन्वहम् ॥३१॥

> sa rāja-putro vavṛdhe\
> āśu śukla ivoḍupaḥ\
> āpūryamāṇaḥ pitṛbhiḥ\
> kāṣṭhābhir iva so 'nvaham

*saḥ*—that; *rāja-putraḥ*—the royal prince; *vavṛdhe*—grew up; *āśu*—very soon; *śukle*—waxing moon; *iva*—like; *uḍupaḥ*—the moon; *āpūryamāṇaḥ*—luxuriantly; *pitṛbhiḥ*—by the parental guardians; *kāṣṭhābhiḥ*—plenary development; *iva*—like; *saḥ*—he; *anvaham*—day after day.

**As the moon, in its waxing fortnight, develops day after day, so the royal prince [Parīkṣit] very soon developed luxuriantly under the care and full facilities of his guardian grandfathers.**