Canto 1, Chapter 12

Birth of Emperor Parīkṣit

Verse 31 (SB 1.12.31)
SB 1.12.31 • मूल श्लोक

स राजपुत्रो ववृधे आशु शुक्ल इवोडुप: । आपूर्यमाण: पितृभि: काष्ठाभिरिव सोऽन्वहम् ॥ ३१ ॥

Transliteration

sa rāja-putro vavṛdhe āśu śukla ivoḍupaḥ āpūryamāṇaḥ pitṛbhiḥ kāṣṭhābhir iva so ’nvaham

Synonyms (Word-for-Word)

saḥ — that; rāja-putraḥ — the royal prince; vavṛdhe — grew up; āśu — very soon; śukle — waxing moon; iva — like; uḍupaḥ — the moon; āpūryamāṇaḥ — luxuriantly; pitṛbhiḥ — by the parental guardians; kāṣṭhābhiḥ — plenary development; iva — like; saḥ — he; anvaham — day after day.

Translation

“As the moon, in its waxing fortnight, develops day after day, so the royal prince [Parīkṣit] very soon developed luxuriantly under the care and full facilities of his guardian grandfathers.”

Bhaktivedanta Purport

By Śrīla Prabhupāda