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ŚB 10.56.37

Devanagari

उपलभ्य हृषीकेशं मृतं पुनरिवागतम् ।
सह पत्न्‍या मणिग्रीवं सर्वे जातमहोत्सवा: ॥ ३७ ॥

Text

upalabhya hṛṣīkeśaṁ
mṛtaṁ punar ivāgatam
saha patnyā maṇi-grīvaṁ
sarve jāta-mahotsavāḥ

Synonyms

upalabhya — recognizing; hṛṣīkeśam — the Lord of the senses; mṛtam — someone dead; punaḥ — again; iva — as if; āgatam — come; saha — with; patnyā — a wife; maṇi — the jewel; grīvam — on His neck; sarve — all of them; jāta — aroused; mahā — great; utsavāḥ — rejoicing.

Translation

Seeing Lord Hṛṣīkeśa return as if from death, accompanied by His new wife and wearing the Syamantaka jewel on His neck, all the people were roused to jubilation.

Purport

According to Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī, Jāmbavān had placed the jewel on the Lord’s neck when he had presented his daughter in marriage.