# SB 9.8.18 > एवं वृत्तः परित्यक्तः पित्रा स्नेहमपोह्य वै > योगैश्वर्येण बालांस्तान्दर्शयित्वा ततो ययौ ॥१८॥ ## Text > ayodhyā-vāsinaḥ sarve > bālakān punar āgatān > dṛṣṭvā visismire rājan > rājā cāpy anvatapyata ## Synonyms *ayodhyā-vāsinaḥ*—the inhabitants of Ayodhyā; *sarve*—all of them; *bālakān*—their sons; *punaḥ*—again; *āgatān*—having come back to life; *dṛṣṭvā*—after seeing this; *visismire*—became astounded; *rājan*—O King Parīkṣit; *rājā*—King Sagara; *ca*—also; *api*—indeed; *anvatapyata*—very much lamented (the absence of his son). ## Translation **O King Parīkṣit, when all the inhabitants of Ayodhyā saw that their boys had come back to life, they were astounded, and King Sagara greatly lamented the absence of his son.**