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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 6, Ch. 15]
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.
TEXTS 21–23
अधुना पुत्रिणां तापो भवतैवानुभूयते ।
एवं दारा गृहा रायो विविधैश्वर्यसम्पदः ॥२१॥
शब्दादयश्च विषयाश्चला राज्यविभूतयः ।
महीराज्यं बलं कोषो भृत्यामात्यसुहृजनाः ॥२२॥
सर्वेऽपि शूरसेनेमे शोकमोहभयार्तिदाः ।
गन्धर्वनगरप्रख्याः स्वप्नमायामनोरथाः ॥२३॥
adhunā putriṇāṁ tāpo bhavataivānubhūyate evaṁ dārā gṛhā rāyo vividhaiśvarya-sampadaḥ
śabdādayaś ca viṣayāś calā rājya-vibhūtayaḥ mahī rājyaṁ balaṁ koṣo bhṛtyāmātya-suhṛj-janāḥ
sarve 'pi śūraseneme śoka-moha-bhayārtidāḥ gandharva-nagara-prakhyāḥ svapna-māyā-manorathāḥ