Canto 6: Prescribed Duties for MankindChapter 15: The Saints Nārada and Ańgirā Instruct King Citraketu

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 6.15.20

tadaiva te paraḿ jñānaḿ

dadāmi gṛham āgataḥ

jñātvānyābhiniveśaḿ te

putram eva dadāmy aham

SYNONYMS

tadā — then; eva — indeed; te — unto you; param — transcendental; jñānam — knowledge; dadāmiI would have delivered; gṛhamto your home; āgataḥ — came; jñātvā — knowing; anya-abhiniveśam — absorption in something else (in material things); te — your; putrama son; eva — only; dadāmi — gave; ahamI.

TRANSLATION

When I first came to your home, I could have given you the supreme transcendental knowledge, but when I saw that your mind was absorbed in material things, I gave you only a son, who caused you jubilation and lamentation.

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