पितर्युवाभ्यां स्निग्धाभ्यां पोषितौ लालितौ भृशम् । पित्रोरभ्यधिका प्रीतिरात्मजेष्वात्मनोऽपि हि ॥ २१ ॥
pitar yuvābhyāṁ snigdhābhyāṁ poṣitau lālitau bhṛśam pitror abhyadhikā prītir ātmajeṣv ātmano ’pi hi
- pitaḥ
- O Father
- yuvābhyām
- by you two
- snigdhābhyām
- affectionate
- poṣitau
- maintained
- lālitau
- coddled
- bhṛśam
- thoroughly
- pitroḥ
- for parents
- abhyadhikā
- greater
- prītiḥ
- love
- ātmajeṣu
- for their children
- ātmanaḥ
- than for themselves
- api
- even
- hi
- indeed
[Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma said:] O Father, you and mother Yaśodā have affectionately maintained Us and cared for Us so much! Indeed, parents love their children more than their own lives.