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Sri Suka said:- It is well known that Kama, the god of love, an Amsa of Vasudeva, was once burnt through Siva's anger and he sought the favour of the same god again for his restoration to a corporeal existence. > — S. Subba Rau 1928, The Srimad Bhagavatam ### [10.55.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.10.55.2) sa eva jāto vaidarbhyāṃ kṛṣṇa-vīrya-samudbhavaḥ / pradyumna iti vikhyātaḥ sarvato 'navamaḥ pituḥ // > He alone was born of the daughter of Vidarbha, originating from the seed of Kṛṣṇa, > renowned as Pradyumna, not inferior to his father in any respect. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > 2. It is that Manmatha who is now born of Rukmini and Sri Krishna; he is known as Pradyumna and in no respect inferior to his father. > — S. Subba Rau 1928, The Srimad Bhagavatam ### [10.55.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.10.55.3) taṃ śambaraḥ kāma-rūpī hṛtvā tokam anirdaśam / sa viditvātmanaḥ śatruṃ prāsyodanvaty agād gṛham // > The shape-shifting Śambara, kidnapping the infant before he was ten days old, > knowing him to be his enemy, cast him into the ocean and went home. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > 3. Sambara, an asura capable of assuming any form at will, carried away the babe that had not passed the first ten days: but, knowing that it would grow into his enemy, he threw it into the sea and went home. > — S. Subba Rau 1928, The Srimad Bhagavatam ### [10.55.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.10.55.4) taṃ nirjagāra balavān mīnaḥ so 'py aparaiḥ saha / vṛto jālena mahatā gṛhīto matsya-jīvibhiḥ // > A powerful fish swallowed him, and that fish, along with others, > was enclosed in a great net and caught by fishermen. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > 4. A certain mighty fish swallowed the babe; and that fish along with others was caught in a big net by fishermen. > — S. Subba Rau 1928, The Srimad Bhagavatam ### [10.55.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.10.55.5) taṃ śambarāya kaivartā upājahrur upāyanam / sūdā mahānasaṃ nītvā- vadyan sudhitinādbhutam // > The fishermen brought it as a present to Śambara; > the cooks, carrying the wondrous fish to the kitchen, sliced it open with a cleaver. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > 5. The fishermen sent the fish as a present to Sambara; his cooks took it to the kitchen and cut the wonderful fish with their knife. > — S. Subba Rau 1928, The Srimad Bhagavatam ### [10.55.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.10.55.6) dṛṣṭvā tad-udare bālam māyāvatyai nyavedayan / nārado 'kathayat sarvaṃ tasyāḥ śaṅkita-cetasaḥ / bālasya tattvam utpattiṃ matsyodara-niveśanam // > Seeing a male child in its belly, they presented him to Māyāvatī; > Nārada told everything to her whose mind was bewildered: > the child's true identity, his birth, and his placement within the belly of the fish. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > 6. Finding a child in its bowels they presented it to Mayavati: seeing that her heart was full of doubt and fear, Narada gave her a full and true account who the child was, how it was born and found in the fish. > — S. Subba Rau 1928, The Srimad Bhagavatam ### [10.55.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.10.55.7) sā ca kāmasya vai patnī ratir nāma yaśasvinī / patyur nirdagdha-dehasya dehotpattim pratīkṣatī // > And she was indeed the wife of Kāma, renowned by the name Rati, > awaiting the bodily manifestation of her husband whose body had been burned away. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > 7. She was indeed the consort of Kama, well-known as Rati. she was expecting the regeneration of her lord whose body had been burnt. > — S. Subba Rau 1928, The Srimad Bhagavatam ### [10.55.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.10.55.8) nirūpitā śambareṇa sā sūdaudana-sādhane / kāmadevaṃ śiśuṃ buddhvā cakre snehaṃ tadārbhake // > Appointed by Śambara to prepare the cooked dishes and rice, > recognizing the infant to be Kāmadeva, she then showered love upon the child. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > 8. She had been appointed by Sambara to supervise in his kitchen the preparation of dholl and food. Knowing the babe to be Kamadeva she (constantly) cherished affection towards it. 9. In a short time Krishna's son attained to the prime of youth and confounded the heart of women that looked on him. > — S. Subba Rau 1928, The Srimad Bhagavatam ### [10.55.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.10.55.9) nāti-dīrgheṇa kālena sa kārṣṇi rūḍha-yauvanaḥ / janayām āsa nārīṇāṃ vīkṣantīnāṃ ca vibhramam // > In not very long a time, that son of Kṛṣṇa attained mature youth, > and he aroused erotic longing in the women who gazed upon him. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [10.55.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.10.55.10) sā tam patiṃ padma-dalāyatekṣaṇaṃ pralamba-bāhuṃ nara-loka-sundaram / sa-vrīḍa-hāsottabhita-bhruvekṣatī prītyopatasthe ratir aṅga saurataiḥ // > Seeing that husband of hers with eyes long as lotus petals, with long arms, the handsomest in the mortal world, > Rati, with bashful smiles and arched eyebrows, lovingly approached him, my dear, with amorous gestures. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > 10. Now looking at him in delight with bashful smiles and lifted brows and with all the preparations for the joys of life, that Mayavati waited on him who with his broad lotus eyes and long arms shone the one beautiful person of the mortal world and who was no other than her own consort in the previous life. > — S. Subba Rau 1928, The Srimad Bhagavatam ### [10.55.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.10.55.11) tām aha bhagavān kārṣṇir mātas te matir anyathā / mātṛ-bhāvam atikramya vartase kāminī yathā // > The Lord, the son of Kṛṣṇa, said to her: "Mother, your attitude is improper; > transgressing the role of a mother, you act like a woman in love." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > 11. The glorious son of Krishna said to her, "O mother, thy heart seems to be in the wrong way: how is it that thou, abandoning thy motherly relation, behavest like a love? > — S. Subba Rau 1928, The Srimad Bhagavatam ### [10.55.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.10.55.12) /0 ratir uvāca bhavān nārāyaṇa-sutaḥ śambareṇa hṛto gṛhāt / ahaṃ te 'dhikṛtā patnī ratiḥ kāmo bhavān prabho // > Rati said: > "You are the son of Nārāyaṇa, abducted from home by Śambara; > I am your rightful wife, Rati, and you, O Lord, are Kāma. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > 12. Rati said:— Thou art Sri Narayana's son stolen away by Sambara from His house: I am Rati thy appointed consort and thou art Manmatha, O Lord. > — S. Subba Rau 1928, The Srimad Bhagavatam ### [10.55.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.10.55.13) eṣa tvānirdaśaṃ sindhāv akṣipac chambaro 'suraḥ / matsyo 'grasīt tad-udarād itaḥ prāpto bhavān prabho // > This demon Śambara threw you into the sea before you were ten days old; > a fish swallowed you, and from its belly you arrived here, O Lord. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > 13. This asura Sambara threw thee when a babe into the sea not even ten days old: (there) a fish swallowed thee and from its bowels thou camest to be here, my lord. > — S. Subba Rau 1928, The Srimad Bhagavatam ### [10.55.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.10.55.14) tam imaṃ jahi durdharṣaṃ durjayaṃ śatrum ātmanaḥ / māyā-śata-vidaṃ taṃ ca māyābhir mohanādibhiḥ // > Slay this your enemy, unassailable and unconquerable, > who knows a hundred illusions, using illusions such as the deluding art. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > 14. He is irresistible, and thy enemy is versed in hundreds of magical processes; do thou (also) slay him by means of Mayas, viz, Mohana and the like powers. > — S. Subba Rau 1928, The Srimad Bhagavatam ### [10.55.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.10.55.15) parīśocati te mātā kurarīva gata-prajā / putra-snehākulā dīnā vivatsā gaur ivāturā // > Your mother laments like an osprey whose young are lost, > distressed with love for her son, wretched like a grieving cow bereft of her calf." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > 15. On the loss of her child thy mother has been lamenting like the bird Kurari \[she-deer\] deprived of her young ones; and in the fullness of her motherly love, she is anxious like a helpless cow that hast lost her calf. > — S. Subba Rau 1928, The Srimad Bhagavatam ### [10.55.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.10.55.16) prabhāṣyaivaṃ dadau vidyāṃ pradyumnāya mahātmane / māyāvatī mahā-māyāṃ sarva-māyā-vināśinīm // > Having spoken thus, Māyāvatī bestowed the science upon the great-souled Pradyumna, > the supreme magical art that destroys all magical illusions. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > 16. Having thus explained the fact to the great Pradyumna, she (Mayavati) imparted to him the knowledge of Maya, by which all Mayas can be destroyed. > — S. Subba Rau 1928, The Srimad Bhagavatam ### [10.55.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.10.55.17) sa ca śambaram abhyetya saṃyugāya samāhvayat / aviṣahyais tam ākṣepaiḥ kṣipan sañjanayan kalim // > He approached Śambara and challenged him to combat, > taunting him with intolerable insults and provoking a quarrel. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > 17. Calling on Sambara he challenged him to a fight, showering unbearable reproaches to pick up a quarrel. > — S. Subba Rau 1928, The Srimad Bhagavatam ### [10.55.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.10.55.18) so 'dhikṣipto durvācobhiḥ padāhata ivoragaḥ / niścakrāma gadā-pāṇir amarṣāt tāmra-locanaḥ // > Insulted by his harsh words like a snake struck by a foot, > he came forth, mace in hand, his eyes red with fury. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > 18. Scorned at in bitter language, he, like a serpent trodden under foot, issued out in a rage with fiery eyes and with Gada in hand. > — S. Subba Rau 1928, The Srimad Bhagavatam ### [10.55.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.10.55.19) gadām āvidhya tarasā pradyumnāya mahātmane / prakṣipya vyanadan nādaṃ vajra-niṣpeṣa-niṣṭhuram // > Whirling his mace with force at the great-souled Pradyumna > and hurling it, he roared a roar harsh like the crash of a thunderbolt. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > 19. With tremendous force he aimed his gada at Pradyumna of noble powers and having let go the weapon, he uttered a roar which was as terrible as the stroke of Vajra. > — S. Subba Rau 1928, The Srimad Bhagavatam ### [10.55.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.10.55.20) tām āpatantīṃ bhagavān pradyumno gadayā gadām / apāsya śatrave kruddhaḥ prāhiṇot sva-gadāṃ nṛpa // > Knocking aside that flying mace with his own mace, the Lord Pradyumna, > enraged at his foe, hurled his own mace, O king. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > 20. The powerful Pradyumna beat back as it came Sambara's gada with his own and in a rage dashed it at the enemy, O king. > — S. Subba Rau 1928, The Srimad Bhagavatam ### [10.55.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.10.55.21) sa ca māyāṃ samāśritya daiteyīṃ maya-darśitam / mumuce 'stra-mayaṃ varṣaṃ kārṣṇau vaihāyaso 'suraḥ // > Resorting to the demoniac illusion taught by Maya, > the demon, flying through the sky, released a shower of weapons upon the son of Kṛṣṇa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > 21. And that asura resorting to the magical courses of daityas taught by Maya, disappeared in the sky and let fall on Pradyumna a shower of missiles (stones). > — S. Subba Rau 1928, The Srimad Bhagavatam ### [10.55.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.10.55.22) bādhyamāno 'stra-varṣeṇa raukmiṇeyo mahā-rathaḥ / sattvātmikāṃ mahā-vidyāṃ sarva-māyopamardinīm // > Afflicted by the rain of weapons, the great chariot warrior, son of Rukmiṇī, \[employed\] > the great science consisting of pure sattva, which crushes all illusions. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > 22. Being molested with a shower of missiles (stones), the great warrior, powerful son of Rukmini, made use of his great Vidya of Satvic nature that destroys all Mayas. > — S. Subba Rau 1928, The Srimad Bhagavatam ### [10.55.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.10.55.23) tato gauhyaka-gāndharva- paiśācoraga-rākṣasīḥ / prāyuṅkta śataśo daityaḥ kārṣṇir vyadhamayat sa tāḥ // > Then the demon employed hundreds of Guhyaka, Gandharva, > Paiśāca, snake, and Rākṣasa illusions; the son of Kṛṣṇa dispersed them all. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > 23. Then the asura tried to use hundreds of Mayas relating to Guhyakas, Gandharvas, Pisachas, Uragas and Rakshasas; and Krishna's son destroyed every one of them with ease. > — S. Subba Rau 1928, The Srimad Bhagavatam ### [10.55.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.10.55.24) niśātam asim udyamya sa-kirīṭaṃ sa-kuṇḍalam / śambarasya śiraḥ kāyāt tāmra-śmaśrv ojasāharat // > Drawing a sharp sword, with vigor he severed the head of Śambara, > adorned with a crown and earrings, and bearing a red beard, from his body. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > 24. Then he raised his keen-edged sword and cut off from his body Sambara's head adorned with the copper-coloured moustaches (beard). > — S. Subba Rau 1928, The Srimad Bhagavatam ### [10.55.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.10.55.25) ākīryamāṇo divi-jaiḥ stuvadbhiḥ kusumotkaraiḥ / bhāryayāmbara-cāriṇyā puraṃ nīto vihāyasā // > Showered with heaps of flowers by the sky-dwellers who praised him, > he was carried through the sky to his city by his wife who moves through the air. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > 25. Profusely showered over with flowers by the gods who sang his praises, he was taken to the city of Dvaraka through the sky by his wife capable of journeying through the air. > — S. Subba Rau 1928, The Srimad Bhagavatam ### [10.55.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.10.55.26) antaḥ-pura-varaṃ rājan lalanā-śata-saṅkulam / viveśa patnyā gaganād vidyuteva balāhakaḥ // > He entered the splendid inner chambers crowded with hundreds of women, O king, > with his wife, dropping from the sky like a raincloud with lightning. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > 26. O king, like a cloud attended by lightning he with his wife alighted from the sky into the harem crowded with hundreds of damsels. > — S. Subba Rau 1928, The Srimad Bhagavatam ### [10.55.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.10.55.27) taṃ dṛṣṭvā jalada-śyāmaṃ pīta-kauśeya-vāsasam / pralamba-bāhuṃ tāmrākṣaṃ su-smitaṃ rucirānanam // > Seeing him dark like a raincloud, clad in yellow silk robes, > with long arms, reddish eyes, a beautiful smile, and an attractive face, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > 27. On seeing him, blue like the cloud, clad in yellow silks, of long arms, of reddish eyes and sweet smiles and winning lips. > — S. Subba Rau 1928, The Srimad Bhagavatam ### [10.55.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.10.55.28) sv-alaṅkṛta-mukhāmbhojaṃ nīla-vakrālakālibhiḥ / kṛṣṇaṃ matvā striyo hrītā nililyus tatra tatra ha // > his lotus-face well-adorned with locks of black curly hair, > the women, mistaking him for Kṛṣṇa, felt bashful and hid themselves here and there. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > 28. With a well-adorned (well trimmed) lotus-like face, with dark curly locks and other characteristics, the women took him for Krishna and in modesty (fear) hid themselves hither and thither. > — S. Subba Rau 1928, The Srimad Bhagavatam ### [10.55.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.10.55.29) avadhārya śanair īṣad vailakṣaṇyena yoṣitaḥ / upajagmuḥ pramuditāḥ sa-strī ratnaṃ su-vismitāḥ // > Slowly discerning him by slight differences, > the women, delighted and thoroughly amazed, approached that jewel of a man with his wife. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > 29. Then from some distinguishing marks gradually concluding him to be some other, the women gladly approached him, wondering (smiling) as he came with an excellent damsel. > — S. Subba Rau 1928, The Srimad Bhagavatam ### [10.55.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.10.55.30) atha tatrāsitāpāṅgī vaidarbhī valgu-bhāṣiṇī / asmarat sva-sutaṃ naṣṭaṃ sneha-snuta-payodharā // > Then the dark-eyed lady of Vidarbha, sweet of speech, > remembered her lost son, her breasts flowing with milk out of love: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > 30. Now in their midst, the blue-eyed Rukmini of sweet speech remembered her lost son; through affection her milk flowed. > — S. Subba Rau 1928, The Srimad Bhagavatam ### [10.55.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.10.55.31) ko nv ayam nara-vaidūryaḥ kasya vā kamalekṣaṇaḥ / dhṛtaḥ kayā vā jaṭhare keyaṃ labdhā tv anena vā // > "Who indeed is this lapis lazuli among men, or to whom does this lotus-eyed youth belong? > By whom was he carried in the womb, or who is this woman won by him? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > 31. "Who is this jewel of a man? Whose son, having lotus-like eyes? By whom (what mother) was he borne? And who (whence) is this damsel obtained by him? > — S. Subba Rau 1928, The Srimad Bhagavatam ### [10.55.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.10.55.32) mama cāpy ātmajo naṣṭo nīto yaḥ sūtikā-gṛhāt / etat-tulya-vayo-rūpo yadi jīvati kutracit // > My own son too was lost, who was taken from the maternity room, > matching this one in age and form, if he lives anywhere. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > 32. "And my son too who was carried away from the room of confinement, would be of this age and beauty, if he should be living anywhere. > — S. Subba Rau 1928, The Srimad Bhagavatam ### [10.55.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.10.55.33) kathaṃ tv anena samprāptaṃ sārūpyaṃ śārṅga-dhanvanaḥ / ākṛtyāvayavair gatyā svara-hāsāvalokanaiḥ // > How has he obtained this likeness in form to the Wielder of the Śārṅga Bow, > in shape, limbs, gait, voice, smile, and glances? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > 33. How is it that he takes so closely after the Weilder of Sarnga (in form) in limbs, in the tone of his voice, smiles and looks? > — S. Subba Rau 1928, The Srimad Bhagavatam ### [10.55.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.10.55.34) sa eva vā bhaven nūnaṃ yo me garbhe dhṛto 'rbhakaḥ / amuṣmin prītir adhikā vāmaḥ sphurati me bhujaḥ // > Or surely he must be that very child who was carried in my womb; / for my affection toward him is overwhelming, and my left arm trembles. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > 34. "Or it might be he (the same blessed one) whom I bore in my womb. Great is my affection for him and my left arm throbs." > — S. Subba Rau 1928, The Srimad Bhagavatam ### [10.55.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.10.55.35) evaṃ mīmāṃsamaṇāyāṃ vaidarbhyāṃ devakī-sutaḥ / devaky-ānakadundubhyām uttamaḥ-śloka āgamat // > While the princess of Vidarbha was thus deliberating, the son of Devakī, / He of highest renown, arrived together with Devakī and Ānakadundubhi. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > 35. When Vaidarbhi was thus weighing, Sri Krishna of glorious name came in with Devaki and Vasudeva. > — S. Subba Rau 1928, The Srimad Bhagavatam ### [10.55.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.10.55.36) vijñātārtho 'pi bhagavāṃs tūṣṇīm āsa janārdanaḥ / nārado 'kathayat sarvaṃ śambarāharaṇādikam // > Although the Lord, Janārdana, knew the whole matter, He remained silent; / Nārada then recounted everything, beginning with the abduction by Śambara. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > 36. Though well aware of the fact, the Almighty Janardana kept perfect silence: and Narada told the whole story beginning with Sambara's stealing away the infant. > — S. Subba Rau 1928, The Srimad Bhagavatam ### [10.55.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.10.55.37) tac chrutvā mahad āścaryaṃ kṛṣṇāntaḥ-pura-yoṣitaḥ / abhyanandan bahūn abdān naṣṭaṃ mṛtam ivāgatam // > Hearing of that great wonder, the women of Kṛṣṇa's inner quarters / joyfully welcomed him who had been lost for many years, as if returned from death. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > 37. On hearing that astonishing and happy account, the ladies of Krishna's harem were rejoiced to welcome him who had been lost for many years, like one that returns to life after death. > — S. Subba Rau 1928, The Srimad Bhagavatam ### [10.55.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.10.55.38) devakī vasudevaś ca kṛṣṇa-rāmau tathā striyaḥ / dampatī tau pariṣvajya rukmiṇī ca yayur mudam // > Devakī, Vasudeva, Kṛṣṇa, Rāma, and likewise the women, / embraced the married couple, and Rukmiṇī, too, was filled with joy. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > 38. Devaki and Vasudeva, Krishna and Rama, Rukmini and also other women were overjoyed to embrace that young couple. > — S. Subba Rau 1928, The Srimad Bhagavatam ### [10.55.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.10.55.39) naṣṭaṃ pradyumnam āyātam ākarṇya dvārakaukasaḥ / aho mṛta ivāyāto bālo diṣṭyeti hābruvan // > Hearing that the lost Pradyumna had returned, the inhabitants of Dvārakā / exclaimed: 'Oh, by good fortune the boy has come back as if from death!' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > 39. On hearing of Pradyumna's return, the citizens of Dwaraka said to one another, "What wonder! It is like the return of one from the jaws of death! Fortunately the boy has come back." > — S. Subba Rau 1928, The Srimad Bhagavatam ### [10.55.39.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.10.55.39.p1) yaṃ vai muhuḥ pitṛ-sarūpa-nijeśa-bhāvās $ tan-mātaro yad abhajan raha-rūḍha-bhāvāḥ & > Indeed, that his mothers repeatedly experienced feelings fit for their own lord because he was identical in form to his father, their emotion rising in secret, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > 40. It is no wonder that his mothers often mistook Pradyumna for Krishna Himself on account of his close resemblance: for, even a passing memory of Kama kindles passion: and it is then but natural that other women did so, when (he) the exact likeness of the original (Sri Lakshmi's Lord), is directly within the range of their eyes. > — S. Subba Rau 1928, The Srimad Bhagavatam ### [10.55.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.10.55.40) citraṃ na tat khalu ramāspada-bimba-bimbe % kāme smare 'kṣa-viṣaye kim utānya-nāryaḥ // > is certainly no wonder, when Kāma, the very image of the reflection of the dwelling of Ramā, was present before their eyes; how much more so, then, other women! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (2) - [The Srimad Bhagavatam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata~en-subbarau.10.55.p4) — S. Subba Rau 1928, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata~en-mt.10.55.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [Viṣṇupurāṇa (critical edition)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu*crit.5.27.13x52-35) — Sanskrit - [Adhyātmarāmāyaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.upajivya.adhyatma.6.6.20) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.10.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.10.55) · Pramāṇa