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# Bhagavatapurana 3.7.3

Bhāgavatapurāṇa 3.7.3

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.7.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.3.7.3)

krīḍāyām udyamo 'rbhasya kāmaś cikrīḍiṣānyataḥ /  
svatas-tṛptasya ca kathaṃ nivṛttasya sadānyataḥ //

> 3. In the case of a child there is something else, namely, the desire to impel it to find some sport, and that desire to play comes from another source; but how could that be true in the case of the Lord who is ever satisfied in Himself and who is ever without a second?  
> — S. Subba Rau 1928, The Srimad Bhagavatam

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## Translations (2)

- [The Srimad Bhagavatam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata~en-subbarau.3.7.p5) — S. Subba Rau 1928, English
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata~en-mt.3.7.3) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Paramātmasandarbha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.acintyabhedabheda.paramatmasandarbha.2.86) — Jīva Gosvāmin 1535, Sanskrit

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