दिष्टया भ्रात: प्रवयस इदानीमप्रजस्य ते । प्रजाशाया निवृत्तस्य प्रजा यत् समपद्यत ॥ २३ ॥
diṣṭyā bhrātaḥ pravayasa idānīm aprajasya te prajāśāyā nivṛttasya prajā yat samapadyata
- diṣṭyā
- it is by great fortune
- bhrātaḥ
- O my dear brother
- pravayasaḥ
- of you whose age is now quite advanced
- idānīm
- at the present moment
- aprajasya
- of one who did not have a son before
- te
- of you
- prajā-āśāyāḥ nivṛttasya
- of one who was almost hopeless of getting a son at this age
- prajā
- a son
- yat
- whatever
- samapadyata
- has been gotten by chance
My dear brother Nanda Mahārāja, at an advanced age you had no son at all and were hopeless of having one. Therefore, that you now have a son is a sign of great fortune.