Canto 1, Chapter 13

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Verse 34 (SB 1.13.34)
SB 1.13.34 • मूल श्लोक

पितर्युपरते पाण्डौ सर्वान्न: सुहृद: शिशून् । अरक्षतां व्यसनत: पितृव्यौ क्‍व गतावित: ॥ ३४ ॥

Transliteration

pitary uparate pāṇḍau sarvān naḥ suhṛdaḥ śiśūn arakṣatāṁ vyasanataḥ pitṛvyau kva gatāv itaḥ

Synonyms (Word-for-Word)

pitari — upon my father; uparate — falling down; pāṇḍau — Mahārāja Pāṇḍu; sarvān — all; naḥ — of us; suhṛdaḥ — well-wishers; śiśūn — small children; arakṣatām — protected; vyasanataḥ — from all kinds of dangers; pitṛvyau — uncles; kva — where; gatau — have departed; itaḥ — from this place.

Translation

“When my father, Pāṇḍu, fell down and we were all small children, these two uncles gave us protection from all kinds of calamities. They were always our good well-wishers. Alas, where have they gone from here?”

Bhaktivedanta Purport

By Śrīla Prabhupāda