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  "name":"SB 6.15.20",
  "h1":"SB 6.15.20",
  "label":"Text 20",
  "title":"Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 6.15.20",
  "description":"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 6.15.20

Text

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.