एकदा निर्गतां गेहाद्दुहन्तीं निशि गां पथि सर्पो ऽदशत्पदा स्पृष्टः कृपणां कालचोदितः
ekadā nirgatāṁ gehād duhantīṁ niśi gāṁ pathi sarpo 'daśatpadā spṛṣṭaḥ kṛpaṇāṁ kāla-coditaḥ
Synonyms
ekadā—once upon a time; nirgatām—having gone away; gehāt—from home; duhantīm—for milking; niśi—at night; gām—the cow; pathi—on the path; sarpaḥ—snake; adaśat—bitten; padā—on the leg; spṛṣṭaḥ—thus struck; kṛpaṇām—the poor woman; kāla-coditaḥ—influenced by the supreme time..
Translation
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.
Purport
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.