340 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 10, Ch. 5

TRANSLATION

My dear brother Nanda Maharaja, 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 Maharaja whether he had ac-
tually begotten a male child or a female child. Vasudeva knew that
Yasoda 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
Maharaja. On inquiring, however, he was confident that the mystery of
Krsna’s birth and His being placed in the care of Yasod was still hidden.
There was no danger, since Karnsa at least could not learn what had
already happened.

TEXT 24

fem aaraashay Tata: aaa: |
TR waa geod Pracataq URvll

distya samsdra-cakre ’smin
vartamanah punar-bhavah

upalabdho bhavan adya
durlabham priya-darsanam

distya—it is also by great fortune; samsdra-cakre asmin—in this
world of birth and death; vartamanah—although I was existing; punah-
bhavah—my meeting with you is just like another birth; upalabdhah—
being obtained by me; bhavdn—you; adya—today; durlabham—al-
though it was never to happen; priya-darsanam—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
