SB 10.89.21

Devanāgarī

श्रीशुक उवाच एकदा द्वारवत्यां तु विप्रपत्न्‍या: कुमारक: । जातमात्रो भुवं स्पृष्ट्वा ममार किल भारत ॥ २१ ॥

Text

śrī-śuka uvāca ekadā dvāravatyāṁ tu vipra-patnyāḥ kumārakaḥ jāta-mātro bhuvaṁ spṛṣṭvā mamāra kila bhārata

Synonyms

śrī-śukaḥuvāca—Śukadeva Gosvāmī said;ekadā—once;dvāravatyām—in Dvārakā;tu—and;vipra—abrāhmaṇa’s;patnyāḥ—of the wife;kumārakaḥ—the infant son;jāta—born;mātraḥ—only;bhuvam—the ground;spṛṣṭvā—touching;mamāra—died;kila—indeed;bhārata—O descendant of Bharata (Parīkṣit Mahārāja).

Translation

Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: Once, in Dvārakā, a brāhmaṇa’s wife gave birth to a son, but the newborn infant died as soon as he touched the ground, O Bhārata.

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