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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (Bhāgavata Purāṇa)
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Canto 10: The Summum Bonum
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SB 10.55: The History of Pradyumna
SB 10.55.39
naṣṭaṁ pradyumnam āyātam
ākarṇya dvārakaukasaḥ
aho mṛta ivāyāto
bālo diṣṭyeti hābruvan
Word for word:
naṣṭam
— lost;
pradyumnam
— Pradyumna;
āyātam
— returned;
ākarṇya
— hearing;
dvārakā
-
okasaḥ
— the residents of Dvārakā;
aho
— aḥ;
mṛtaḥ
— dead;
iva
— as if;
āyātaḥ
— come back;
bālaḥ
— the child;
diṣṭyā
— by the favor of providence;
iti
— thus;
ha
— indeed;
abruvan
— they spoke.
Translation:
Hearing that lost Pradyumna had come home, the residents of Dvārakā declared, “Ah, providence has allowed this child to return as if from death!”
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