Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 10.78.36

sri-bhagavan uvaca

atma vai putra utpanna

iti vedanusasanam

tasmad asya bhaved vakta

ayur-indriya-sattva-van

SYNONYMS

sri-bhagavan uvaca -- the Supreme Lord said; atma -- one's self; vai -- indeed; putrah -- the son; utpannah -- born; iti -- thus; veda-anusasanam -- the instruction of the Vedas; tasmat -- therefore; asya -- his (son); bhavet -- should be; vakta -- the speaker; ayuh -- long life; indriya -- strong senses; sattva -- and physical power; van -- possessing.

TRANSLATION

The Supreme Lord said: The Vedas instruct us that one's own self takes birth again as one's son. Thus let Romaharshana's son become the speaker of the Puranas, and let him be endowed with long life, strong senses and stamina.

PURPORT

Srila Sridhara Svami quotes the following Vedic verse to illustrate the principle enunciated here by Lord Balarama:

angad angat sambhavasi

hridayad abhijayase

atma vai putra-namasi

sanjiva saradah satam

"You have taken birth from my various limbs and have arisen from my very heart. You are my own self in the form of my son. May you live through a hundred autumns." This verse appears in the Satapatha Brahmana (14.9.8.4) and the Brihad-aranyaka Upanishad (6.4.8).

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