Canto 9, Chapter 6

Chapter 6

Verse 28 (SB 9.6.28)
SB 9.6.28 • मूल श्लोक

उत्थितास्ते निशम्याथ व्युदकं कलशं प्रभो । पप्रच्छु: कस्य कर्मेदं पीतं पुंसवनं जलम् ॥ २८ ॥

Transliteration

utthitās te niśamyātha vyudakaṁ kalaśaṁ prabho papracchuḥ kasya karmedaṁ pītaṁ puṁsavanaṁ jalam

Synonyms (Word-for-Word)

utthitāḥ — after awakening; te — all of them; niśamya — seeing; atha — thereafter; vyudakam — empty; kalaśam — the waterpot; prabho — O King Parīkṣit; papracchuḥ — inquired; kasya — whose; karma — act; idam — this; pītam — drunk; puṁsavanam — which was to cause the birth of a child; jalam — water.

Translation

“When the brāhmaṇas got up from bed and saw the waterpot empty, they inquired who had done this work of drinking the water meant for begetting a child.”

Bhaktivedanta Purport

By Śrīla Prabhupāda