ŚB 10.89.21
Devanagari
श्रीशुक उवाच
एकदा द्वारवत्यां तु विप्रपत्न्या: कुमारक: ।
जातमात्रो भुवं स्पृष्ट्वा ममार किल भारत ॥ २१ ॥
एकदा द्वारवत्यां तु विप्रपत्न्या: कुमारक: ।
जातमात्रो भुवं स्पृष्ट्वा ममार किल भारत ॥ २१ ॥
Verse text
śrī-śuka uvāca
ekadā dvāravatyāṁ tu
vipra-patnyāḥ kumārakaḥ
jāta-mātro bhuvaṁ spṛṣṭvā
mamāra kila bhārata
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.