Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.78.36

śrī-bhagavān uvāca

ātmā vai putra utpanna

iti vedānuśāsanam

tasmād asya bhaved vaktā

āyur-indriya-sattva-vān

SYNONYMS

śrī-bhagavān uvāca — the Supreme Lord said; ātmā — one's self; vai — indeed; putraḥ — the son; utpannaḥ — born; iti — thus; veda-anuśāsanam — the instruction of the Vedas; tasmāt — therefore; asya — his (son); bhavet — should be; vaktā — the speaker; āyuḥ — long life; indriya — strong senses; sattva — and physical power; vān — possessing.

TRANSLATION

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

PURPORT

Śrīla Śrīdhara Svāmī quotes the following Vedic verse to illustrate the principle enunciated here by Lord Balarāma:

ańgād ańgāt sambhavasi

hṛdayād abhijāyase

ātmā vai putra-nāmāsi

sañjīva śaradaḥ śatam

"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 Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa (14.9.8.4) and the Bṛhad-āraṇyaka Upaniṣad (6.4.8).

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