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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 1, Ch. 6]
TRANSLATION
She wanted to look after my maintenance properly, but because she was not independent, she was not able to do anything for me. The world is under the full control of the Supreme Lord; therefore everyone is like a wooden doll in the hands of a puppet master.
TEXT 8
अहं च तद्ब्रह्मकुले ऊषिवांस्तदपेक्षया । दिग्देशकालव्युत्पन्नो बालकः पञ्चहायनः ॥ ८ ॥
aham ca tad-brahma-kule ūṣivāmṣ tad-apekṣayā dig-deśa-kālāvyutpanno bālakaḥ pañca-hāyanaḥ
aham—I; ca—also; tat—that; brahma-kule—in the school of the brāhmaṇas; ūṣivān—lived; tat—her; apekṣayā—being dependent on; dik-deśa—direction and country; kāla—time; avyutpannaḥ—having no experience; bālakaḥ—mere child; pañca—five; hāyanaḥ—years old.
TRANSLATION
When I was a mere child of five years, I lived in a brāhmaṇa school. I was dependent on my mother's affection and had no experience of different lands.
TEXT 9
एकदा निर्गतां गेहादुहन्तीं निशि गां पथि । सर्पोऽदशत्पदा स्पृष्टः कृपणां कालचोदितः ॥ ९ ॥
ekadā nirgatām gehād duhantīm niśi gām pathi sarpo'daśatpadā sprṣṭaḥ kṛpaṇām kāla-coditaḥ
ekadā—once upon a time; nirgatām—having gone away; gehāt—from home; duhantīm—for milking; niśi—at night; gām—the cow; pathi—on the path; sarpaḥ—snake; adaśat—bitten; padā—on the leg; sprṣṭaḥ—thus struck; kṛpaṇām—the poor woman; kāla-coditaḥ—influenced by the supreme time.