SB 10.51.13

Srimad-Bhagavatam, Tenth Canto, Chapter 51: The Deliverance of Mucukunda

SB 10.51.12

SB 10.51.14

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 13

śrī-rājovāca
ko nāma sa pumān brahman
kasya kiṁ-vīrya eva ca
kasmād guhāṁ gataḥ śiṣye
kiṁ-tejo yavanārdanaḥ

SYNONYMS

śrī-rājā uvāca—the King (Parīkṣit) said; kaḥ—who; nāma—in particular; saḥ—that; pumān—person; brahman—O brāhmaṇa (Śukadeva); kasya—of which (family); kim—having what; vīryaḥ—powers; eva ca—as also; kasmāt—why; guhām—in the cave; gataḥ—having gone; śiṣye—lay down to sleep; kim—whose; tejaḥ—semen (offspring); yavana—of the Yavana; ardanaḥ—the destroyer.

TRANSLATION

King Parīkṣit said: Who was that person, O brāhmaṇa? To which family did he belong, and what were his powers? Why did that destroyer of the barbarian lie down to sleep in the cave, and whose son was he?