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  "name":"SB 9.6.28",
  "h1":"SB 9.6.28",
  "label":"Text 28",
  "title":"Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 9.6.28",
  "description":"When the brāhmaṇas got up from bed and saw the waterpot empty, they inquired who had done this work of drinking the water meant for begetting a child."

} —

SB 9.6.28

Text

utthitās te niśamyātha
vyudakaṁ kalaśaṁ prabho
papracchuḥ kasya karmedaṁ
pītaṁ puṁsavanaṁ jalam

Synonyms

utthitāḥ—after awakening; te—all of them; niśamya—seeing; atha—thereafter; vyudakam—empty; kalaśam—the waterpot; prabho—O King Parīkṣit; papracchuḥ—inquired; kasya—whose; karma—act; idam—this; pītam—drunk; puṁsavanam—which was to cause the birth of a child; jalam—water.

Translation

When the brāhmaṇas got up from bed and saw the waterpot empty, they inquired who had done this work of drinking the water meant for begetting a child.