SB 6.15.20

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Sixth Canto - Chapter 15: The Saints Nārada and Ańgirā Instruct King Citraketu

SB 6.15.18-19 - SB 6.15.21-23

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 20

tadaiva te paraṁ jñānaṁ

dadāmi gṛham āgataḥ

jñātvānyābhiniveśaṁ te

putram eva dadāmy aham

SYNONYMS

tadā — then; eva — indeed; te — unto you; param — transcendental; jñānam — knowledge; dadāmi — I would have delivered; gṛham — to your home; āgataḥ — came; jñātvā — knowing; anya-abhiniveśam — absorption in something else (in material things); te — your; putram — a son; eva — only; dadāmi — gave; aham — I.

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.

SB 6.15.18-19 - SB 6.15.21-23