Text 29] The Downfall of Saubhari Muni 195

utthitas te nisamyatha
vyudakam kalasar prabho

papracchuh kasya karmedam
pitam pumsavanam jalam

utthitah—after awakening; te—all of them; nisamya—seeing;
atha—thereafter; vyudakam—empty; kalasam—the  waterpot;
prabho—O King Pariksit; papracchuh—inquired; kasya—whose;
karma—act; idam—this; pitam—drunk; pumsavanam—which was to
cause the birth of a child; jalam—water.

TRANSLATION

When the brahmanas got up from bed and saw the waterpot
empty, they inquired who had done this work of drinking the
water meant for begetting a child.

TEXT 29

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rajna pitarh viditva vai
isvara-prahitena te
isvardya namas cakrur

aho daiva-balam balam

rajid—by the King; pitam—drunk; viditva—understanding this;
vai—indeed; isvara-prahitena—inspired by providence; te—all of
them; iSvaraéya—unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the supreme
controller; namah cakruh—offered respectful obeisances; aho—alas;
daiva-balam—providential power; balam—is actual power.

TRANSLATION

When the brahmanas came to understand that the King, in-
spired by the supreme controller, had drunk the water, they all ex-
claimed ‘Alas! The power of providence is real power. No one can
