naṣṭam - lost; pradyumnam - Pradyumna; āyātam - returned; ākarṇya - hearing; dvārakā-okasaḥ - the residents of Dvārakā; aho - aḥ; mṛtaḥ - dead; iva - as if; āyātaḥ - come back; bālaḥ - the child; diṣṭyā - by the favor of providence; iti - thus; ha - indeed; abruvan - they spoke.

Hearing that lost Pradyumna had come home, the residents of Dvārakā declared, “Ah, providence has allowed this child to return as if from death!”