ŚB 10.14.49
Devanagari
श्रीराजोवाच
ब्रह्मन् परोद्भवे कृष्णे इयान् प्रेमा कथं भवेत् ।
योऽभूतपूर्वस्तोकेषु स्वोद्भवेष्वपि कथ्यताम् ॥ ४९ ॥
ब्रह्मन् परोद्भवे कृष्णे इयान् प्रेमा कथं भवेत् ।
योऽभूतपूर्वस्तोकेषु स्वोद्भवेष्वपि कथ्यताम् ॥ ४९ ॥
Verse text
śrī-rājovāca
brahman parodbhave kṛṣṇe
iyān premā kathaṁ bhavet
yo ’bhūta-pūrvas tokeṣu
svodbhaveṣv api kathyatām
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.