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Taking the child, filled with compassion, he was ready to give it to his beloved. "Your son is not your son, take this one," said Priyamvada. ||53|| Extending her hands, she then drew them back, the wise, far-seeing Khechari, as if unwilling. ||54|| "Beloved, what is this?" asked he. She replied, "You have five hundred sons, born of noble lineage." ||55|| "If those arrogant ones, unaware of his lineage, were to strike him on the head, I would not be able to bear the sight. It is better for me to remain childless." ||56|| Having thus spoken, he comforted her, took the golden ear-ring, and said, "This is the prince," and tied a band around his arm. ||57|| Then, pleased, the wise Kankamala took the child. The two, with their son, entered the great city of Meghakoot. ||58|| The great queen Kankamala, who had conceived in secret, gave birth to a noble son. Thus, the wise Kalasambar, the lord of time, made this announcement in the city. ||59|| He celebrated the birth of this treasure of merit with dancing groups of Vidyaadharis, their anklets jingling. ||60|| Because he had the brilliance of gold, he was named Pradyumna. The prince grew there, served by hundreds of young Vidyaadharas. ||61|| Meanwhile, in Dwaricapuri, when Rukmini awoke, she did not see her son. Then, with the old nurses, she searched everywhere, but when her efforts were unsuccessful, she cried out loud, "Alas, my son! Who has taken you away? Why has fate shown me this treasure and then taken it away? Surely, in another life, I must have separated a woman from her son, for without a cause, how could I receive such a fruit?" ||62-64|| As Rukmini lamented thus, her family also wept, and a loud sound of weeping arose. ||65|| 1. Shantayitva ma. | 2. Puram ma. | 3. Vrindam sinjat ma., ga. |