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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 10, Ch. 5]
TRANSLATION
My dear brother Nanda Mahārāja, at an advanced age you had no son at all and were hopeless of having one. Therefore, that you now have a son is a sign of great fortune.
PURPORT
At an advanced age one generally cannot beget a male child. If by chance one does beget a child at this age, the child is generally female. Thus Vasudeva indirectly asked Nanda Mahārāja whether he had actually begotten a male child or a female child. Vasudeva knew that Yaśodā had given birth to a female child, whom he had stolen and replaced with a male child. This was a great mystery, and Vasudeva wanted to determine whether this mystery was already known to Nanda Mahārāja. On inquiring, however, he was confident that the mystery of Kṛṣṇa's birth and His being placed in the care of Yaśodā was still hidden. There was no danger, since Kaṁsa at least could not learn what had already happened.
TEXT 24
दिष्ट्या संसारचक्रेऽस्मिन् वर्तमानः पुनर्भवः । उपलब्धो भवानद्य दुर्लभं प्रियदर्शनम् ॥२४॥
diṣṭyā saṁsāra-cakre 'smin vartamānaḥ punar-bhavaḥ upalabdho bhavān adya durlabhaṁ priya-darśanam
diṣṭyā —it is also by great fortune;  saṁsāra-cakre asmin —in this world of birth and death;  vartamānaḥ —although I was existing;  punaḥ-bhavaḥ —my meeting with you is just like another birth;  upalabdhaḥ —being obtained by me;  bhavān —you;  adya —today;  durlabham —although it was never to happen;  priya-darśanam —to see you again, my very dear friend and brother.
TRANSLATION
It is also by good fortune that I am seeing you. Having obtained this opportunity, I feel as if I have taken birth again. Even though