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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.6.9
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 9
- ekadā nirgatāṁ gehād
- duhantīṁ niśi gāṁ pathi
- sarpo 'daśat padā spṛṣṭaḥ
- kṛpaṇāṁ kāla-coditaḥ
ekadāonce upon a time — once upon a time; nirgatāmhaving gone away — having gone away; gehātfrom home — from home; duhantīmfor milking — for milking; niśiat night — at night; gāmthe cow — the cow; pathion the path — on the path; sarpaḥsnake — snake; adaśatbitten — bitten; padāon the leg — on the leg; spṛṣṭaḥthus struck — thus struck; kṛpaṇāmthe poor woman — the poor woman; kālainfluenced by supreme time-coditaḥinfluenced by supreme time — influenced by supreme time.
Once upon a time, my poor mother, when going out one night to milk a cow, was bitten on the leg by a serpent, influenced by supreme time.
That is the way of dragging a sincere soul nearer to God. The poor boy was being looked after only by his affectionate mother, and yet the mother was taken from the world by the supreme will in order to put him completely at the mercy of the Lord.