Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.55.3

taḿ śambaraḥ kāma-rūpī

hṛtvā tokam anirdaśam

sa viditvātmanaḥ śatruḿ

prāsyodanvaty agād gṛham

SYNONYMS

tam — Him; śambaraḥ — the demon Śambara; kāma — as he desired; rūpī — assuming forms; hṛtvā — stealing; tokam — the child; aniḥ-daśam — not yet ten days old; saḥ — he (Śambara); viditvā — recognizing; ātmanaḥ — his own; śatrum — enemy; prāsya — throwing; udanvati — into the sea; agāt — went; gṛham — to his home.

TRANSLATION

The demon Śambara, who could assume any form he desired, kidnapped the infant before He was even ten days old. Understanding Pradyumna to be his enemy, Śambara threw Him into the sea and then returned home.

PURPORT

Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī points out that according to the Viṣṇu Purāṇa, Pradyumna was kidnapped on the sixth day after His birth.

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