SB 10.55.37 · Srimad-Bhagavatam

Devanagari

तच्छ्रुत्वा महदाश्चर्यं कृष्णान्त:पुरयोषित: । अभ्यनन्दन् बहूनब्दान् नष्टं मृतमिवागतम् ॥ ३७ ॥

Verse text

tac chrutvā mahad āścaryaṁ kṛṣṇāntaḥ-pura-yoṣitaḥ abhyanandan bahūn abdān naṣṭaṁ mṛtam ivāgatam

Synonyms

tat — that ; śrutvā — hearing ; mahat — great ; āścaryam — wonder ; kṛṣṇa — antaḥ — pura — of Lord Kṛṣṇa’s personal residence ; yoṣitaḥ — the women ; abhyanandan — they greeted ; bahūn — for many ; abdān — years ; naṣṭam — lost ; mṛtam — someone dead ; iva — as if ; āgatam — returned .

Translation

When the women of Lord Kṛṣṇa’s palace heard this most amazing account, they joyfully greeted Pradyumna, who had been lost for many years but who had now returned as if from the dead.

Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)

When the women of Lord Kṛṣṇa's palace heard this most amazing account, they joyfully greeted Pradyumna, who had been lost for many years but who had now returned as if from the dead. KB 10.55.37 When everyone was informed of the mysterious disappearance of Pradyumna and how he had grown up, they were all struck with wonder because they had gotten back their dead son after they were almost hopeless of his return. When they understood that it was Pradyumna who was present, they received him with great delight.

Purport (Jiva Goswami)

Mahad āśarayam should be mahāścaryam. They welcomed him as will be described. He had disappeared and was thus as if dead. Now he had again returned as if from death. The women were overjoyed with astonishment on being shown Pradyumna’s greatness by relationship with Kṛṣṇa.

Purport (Sanatana Goswami)

All the women of the inner chambers belonging to Kṛṣṇa, directly the supreme Lord, including unlimited servant girls and friends, welcomed him, praising his glorious actions. Or having recovered him, they were completely happy (abhyanandan).