Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 1 - Chapter 1 - Verse 6


Sanskrit:

एकात्मजा मे जननी योषिन्मूढा च किङ्करी ।मय्यात्मजेऽनन्यगतौ चक्रे स्‍नेहानुबन्धनम् ॥ ६ ॥

ITRANS:

ekātmajā me jananīyoṣin mūḍhā ca kiṅkarīmayy ātmaje ’nanya-gataucakre snehānubandhanam

Translation:

I was the only son of my mother, who was not only a simple woman but a maidservant as well. Since I was her only offspring, she had no other alternative for protection: she bound me with the tie of affection.

Purport: