Text 23] The Meeting of Nanda Maharaja and Vasudeva 339
TEXT 22
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TAHT BATMAN RII
pujitah sukham dsinah
prstvdndmayam ddrtah
prasakta-dhih svétmajayor
idam aha visémpate
pujitah—Vasudeva having been so dearly welcomed; sukham
dsinah—having been given a place to sit comfortably; prstud—asking;
andémayam—all-auspicious inquiries; ddrtah—being honored and re-
spectfully received; prasakta-dhih—because of his being very much at-
tached; sva-dtmajayoh—to his own two sons, Krsna and Balarama;
idam—the following; dha—inquired; visém-pate—O Maharaja Pariksit.
TRANSLATION
O Maharaja Pariksit, having thus been received and welcomed
by Nanda Maharaja with honor, Vasudeva sat down very peacefully
and inquired about his own two sons because of intense love for
them.
TEXT 23
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TATU ITA AM Ad ANTAT 2311
distya bhratah pravayasa
idanim aprajasya te
prajasaya nivrttasya
praja yat samapadyata
distya—it is by great fortune; bhrétah—O my dear brother;
pravayasah—of you whose age is now quite advanced; idénim—at the
present moment; aprajasya—of one who did not have a son before; te—
of you; prajd-dsdyah nivrttasya—of one who was almost hopeless of get-
ting a son at this age; prajdi—a son; yat—whatever; samapadyata—has
been gotten by chance.
