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