Nanda Mahārāja and the others said: We must previously have performed austerities for a very long time, worshiped the Supreme Personality of Godhead, performed pious activities for public life, constructing public roads and wells, and also given charity, as a result of which this boy, although faced with death, has returned to give happiness to His relatives.
Srimad Bhagavata Purana
श्रीमद्भागवतमहापुराणम्
मूल श्लोकः
किं नस्तपश्चीर्णमधोक्षजार्चनं पूर्तेष्टदत्तमुत भूतसौहृदम् । यत्सम्परेतः पुनरेव बालको दिष्ट्या स्वबन्धून् प्रणयन्नुपस्थितः
kiṃ nastapaścīrṇamadhokṣajārcanaṃ pūrteṣṭadattamuta bhūtasauhṛdam | yatsamparetaḥ punareva bālako diṣṭyā svabandhūn praṇayannupasthitaḥ
SB 10.7.32