Text 23] The Meeting of Nanda Mahārāja and Vasudeva
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TEXT 22
पूजितः सुखमासीनः पृष्ठानामयमादृतः ।
प्रसक्तधीः स्वात्मजयोरिदमाह विशाम्पते ॥२२॥
pūjitaḥ sukham āsīnaḥ pṛṣṭvānāmayam ādṛtaḥ prasakta-dhīḥ svātmajayor idam āha viśāmpate
pūjitaḥ —Vasudeva having been so dearly welcomed;  sukham āsīnaḥ —having been given a place to sit comfortably;  pṛṣṭvā —asking;  anāmayam —all-auspicious inquiries;  ādṛtaḥ —being honored and respectfully received;  prasakta-dhīḥ —because of his being very much attached;  sva-ātmajayoḥ —to his own two sons, Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma;  idam —the following;  āha —inquired;  viśām-pate —O Mahārāja Parikṣit.
TRANSLATION
O Mahārāja Parikṣit, having thus been received and welcomed by Nanda Mahārāja with honor, Vasudeva sat down very peacefully and inquired about his own two sons because of intense love for them.
TEXT 23
दिष्ट्या भ्रातः प्रवयस इदानीमप्रजस्य ते ।
प्रजाशाया निवृत्तस्य प्रजा यत् समपद्यत ॥२३॥
diṣṭyā bhrātaḥ pravayasa idānīm aprajasya te prajāśāyā nivṛttasya prajā yat samapadyata
diṣṭyā —it is by great fortune;  bhrātaḥ —O my dear brother;  pravayasaḥ —of you whose age is now quite advanced;  idānīm —at the present moment;  aprajasya —of one who did not have a son before;  te —of you;  prajā-āśāyāḥ nivṛttasya —of one who was almost hopeless of getting a son at this age;  prajā —a son;  yat —whatever;  samapadyata —has been gotten by chance.