SB 6.15.20 · Srimad Bhagavatam

Devanagari

तदैव ते परं ज्ञानं ददामि गृहमागत: ।

ज्ञात्वान्याभिनिवेशं ते पुत्रमेव ददाम्यहम् ॥ २० ॥

Verse text

tadaiva te paraṁ jñānaṁ

dadāmi gṛham āgataḥ

jñātvānyābhiniveśaṁ te

putram eva dadāmy aham

Synonyms

tadā — then ; eva — indeed ; te — unto you ; param — transcendental ; jṣānam — knowledge ; dadāmi — I would have delivered ; gṛham — to your home ; āgataḥ — came ; jṣātvā — 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.

Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)

I would have given you spiritual knowledge when I first came to your house, but I gave you a son, knowing that you were absorbed in material objects. Daḍāmi should be adāsyam (I would have given). The second dadāmi should be adadām: I gave a son. Tenses can be interchanged according to the rule tiṅām tiṅo bhavanti.