Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 8 - Chapter 1 - Verse 18


Sanskrit:

श्रीशुक उवाचएवमभ्यर्थितोऽदित्या कस्तामाह स्मयन्निव ।अहो मायाबलं विष्णो: स्‍नेहबद्धमिदं जगत् ॥ १८ ॥

ITRANS:

śrī-śuka uvācaevam abhyarthito ’dityākas tām āha smayann ivaaho māyā-balaṁ viṣṇoḥsneha-baddham idaṁ jagat

Translation:

Śukadeva Gosvāmī continued: When Kaśyapa Muni was thus requested by Aditi, he slightly smiled. “Alas,” he said, “how powerful is the illusory energy of Lord Viṣṇu, by which the entire world is bound by affection for children!”

Purport:

Kaśyapa Muni was surely sympathetic to his wife’s affliction, yet he was surprised at how the whole world is influenced by affection.