Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 10.14.49

sri-rajovaca

brahman parodbhave krsne

iyan prema katham bhavet

yo 'bhuta-purvas tokesu

svodbhavesv api kathyatam

SYNONYMS

sri-raja uvaca -- the King said; brahman -- O brahmana, Sukadeva; para-udbhave -- for the offspring of another; krsne -- Lord Krsna; iyan -- so much; prema -- love; katham -- how; bhavet -- can be; yah -- which; abhuta-purvah -- unprecedented; tokesu -- for the children; sva-udbhavesu -- their own offspring; api -- even; kathyatam -- please explain.

TRANSLATION

King Pariksit said: O brahmana, how could the cowherd women have developed for Krsna, someone else's son, such unprecedented pure love -- love they never felt even for their own children? Please explain this.

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