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