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Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 6.14.37
mātus tv atitarāḿ putre
sneho moha-samudbhavaḥ
kṛtadyuteḥ sapatnīnāḿ
prajā-kāma-jvaro 'bhavat
SYNONYMS
mātuḥ — of the mother; tu — also; atitarām — excessively; putre — for the son; snehaḥ — affection; moha — out of ignorance; samudbhavaḥ — produced; kṛtadyuteḥ — of Kṛtadyuti; sapatnīnām — of the co-wives; prajā-kāma — of a desire to have sons; jvaraḥ — a fever; abhavat — there was.
TRANSLATION
The mother's attraction and attention to the son, like that of the child's father, excessively increased. The other wives, seeing Kṛtadyuti's son, were very much agitated, as if by high fevers, with a desire to have sons.
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