SB 10.14.49

Srimad-Bhagavatam, Tenth Canto, Chapter 14: Brahmā's Prayers to Lord Kṛṣṇa

SB 10.14.48

SB 10.14.50

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 49

śrī-rājovāca
brahman parodbhave kṛṣṇe
iyān premā kathaṁ bhavet
yo 'bhūta-pūrvas tokeṣu
svodbhaveṣv api kathyatām

SYNONYMS

śrī-rājā uvāca—the King said; brahman—O brāhmaṇa, Śukadeva; para-udbhave—for the offspring of another; kṛṣṇe—Lord Kṛṣṇa; iyān—so much; premā—love; katham—how; bhavet—can be; yaḥ—which; abhūta-pūrvaḥ—unprecedented; tokeṣu-for the children; sva-udbhaveṣu—their own offspring; api—even; kathyatām—please explain.

TRANSLATION

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