SB 10.46.38 · Srimad Bhagavatam

Devanagari

न माता न पिता तस्य न भार्या न सुतादय: । नात्मीयो न परश्चापि न देहो जन्म एव च ॥ ३८ ॥

Verse text

na mātā na pitā tasya na bhāryā na sutādayaḥ nātmīyo na paraś cāpi na deho janma eva ca

Synonyms

na — there is no ; mātā — mother ; na — no ; pitā — father ; tasya — for Him ; na — no ; bhāryā — wife ; na — no ; suta — ādayaḥ — children and so forth ; na — no one ; ātmīyaḥ — related to Himself ; na — nor ; paraḥ — an outsider ; ca api — also ; na — no ; dehaḥ — body ; janma — birth ; eva — either ; ca — and .

Translation

He has no mother, no father, no wife, children or other relatives. No one is related to Him, and yet no one is a stranger to Him. He has no material body and no birth.

Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)

He has no mother, no father, no wife, children or other relatives. No one is related to Him, and yet no one is a stranger to Him. He has no material body and no birth. KB 10.46.38 “He actually has no father, mother, brother or relative, nor does He require society, friendship and love. He does not have a material body like us; He never appears or takes birth like an ordinary human being.

Purport (Jiva Goswami)

No one is a mother, father or son to the Lord because the body arises from their bodies. No one is a wife to the Lord because of marriage. No one is a relative of the Lord because of blood relation or marriage. No one is an enemy to the Lord because of lack of blood relation or marriage. Since his body and self are the same, he does not have a body caused by identifying his body as the self. He does not take birth like others who accept material bodies, what to speak of taking a body, since he is not under the influence of previous karmas.

Purport (Sanatana Goswami)

No one is a friend (ātmīyaḥ) or enemy (paraḥ) because he is equal to all. He has no physical relationships such as mother and father or wife and sons whom he should protect. In his avatāra form of Varāha, his son was Naraka. Kṛṣṇa killed Naraka. Adayaḥ means brothers and other male relatives. He has no material birth or material body, or material action (next verse).