SB 10.89.21

Srimad-Bhagavatam, Tenth Canto, Chapter 89: Kṛṣṇa and Arjuna Retrieve a Brāhmaṇa's Sons

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His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 21

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

SYNONYMS

śrī-śukaḥ uvāca—Śukadeva Gosvāmī said; ekadā—once; dvāravatyām—in Dvārakā; tu—and; vipra—a brāhmaṇa'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.

PURPORT

In this chapter Lord Viṣṇu has been glorified as the Supreme Godhead. Now Śukadeva Gosvāmī is going to identify Lord Kṛṣṇa with that same Personality of Godhead by describing another pastime of His, one which highlighted His unequaled, divine characteristics.