SB 1.12.30

स एष लोके विख्यातः परीक्षिदिति यत्प्रभुः ।
पूर्वं दृष्टमनुध्यायन्परीक्षेत नरेष्विह ॥ ३० ॥

sa eṣa loke vikhyātaḥ parīkṣid iti yat prabhuḥ
pūrvaṁ dṛṣṭam anudhyāyan parīkṣeta nareṣv iha

Synonyms

saḥ eṣaḥ prabhuḥ — this highly competent child [samarthaḥ san⁸⁵]; vikhyātaḥ — was renowned; loke — in the world; parīkṣit iti — as Parīkṣit [“the examiner”]; yat — because [yasmāt]; anudhyāyan — while constantly recollecting; [the person (puruṣam)]; dṛṣṭam — who was seen [by him]; pūrvam — earlier [in the womb (garbhe)]; parīkṣeta⁸⁶ — he examined; [each and every man (sarvam api naram)]; nareṣu — among those [madhye]; iha — present to his vision [dṛśyamāneṣu]; [and reflected, “Is this Him or not?” (ayam asau bhaved iti noveti vicārayet)].

Translation

This highly competent child was renowned in the world as Parīkṣit, “the examiner,” because, while constantly recollecting the person who was seen by him earlier [in the womb], he examined each and every man among those present to his vision [and reflected, “Is this Him or not?”].

Notes

85This and the following bracketed inserts in verse 30 are Śrīdhara Svāmī’s comments.↩
86Giridhara’s comment is relevant here. He points out that in this verse, the word parīkṣeta, “he examined,” is connected to the word paryaikṣata, “he reflected,” from verse 10, both of which are signifiers of the name Parīkṣit, “the examiner.” From verse 10, the words paryaikṣata ka ity asau, “the child in the womb reflected, ‘who can He be?’" are indicative of the name “Parīkṣit” in the prenatal condition, while the word parīkṣeta, “he examined [all men],” is indicative of his name in the postnatal or outward condition of life. In both states, Parīkṣit’s name is seen to accord with his innate disposition.↩

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