Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.45.37

dvijas tayos taḿ mahimānam adbhutaḿ

saḿlokṣya rājann ati-mānusīḿ matim

sammantrya patnyā sa mahārṇave mṛtaḿ

bālaḿ prabhāse varayāḿ babhūva ha

SYNONYMS

dvijaḥ — the learned brāhmaṇa; tayoḥ — of the two of Them; tam — that; mahimānam — greatness; adbhutam — amazing; saḿlakṣya — observing well; rājan — O King; ati-mānuṣīm — beyond human capacity; matim — intelligence; sammantrya — after consulting; patnyā — with his wife; saḥ — he; mahā-arṇave — in the great ocean; mṛtam — who had died; bālam — his child; prabhāse — at the holy place Prabhāsa; varayām babhūva ha — he chose.

TRANSLATION

O King, the learned brāhmaṇa Sāndīpani carefully considered the two Lords' glorious and amazing qualities and Their superhuman intelligence. Then, after consulting with his wife, he chose as his remuneration the return of his young son, who had died in the ocean at Prabhāsa.

PURPORT

According to Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī, the child was captured by the conchshell demon while playing at the Mahā-śiva-kṣetra.

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