नास्मत्तो युवयोस्तात नित्योत्कण्ठितयोरपि । बाल्यपौगण्डकैशोरा: पुत्राभ्यामभवन्क्वचित् ॥ ३ ॥
nāsmatto yuvayos tāta nityotkaṇṭhitayor api bālya-paugaṇḍa-kaiśorāḥ putrābhyām abhavan kvacit
- na
- not
- asmattaḥ
- because of Us
- yuvayoḥ
- for you two
- tāta
- O dear father
- nitya
- always
- utkaṇṭhitayoḥ
- who have been in anxiety
- api
- indeed
- bālya
- (the pleasures of) the toddler age
- paugaṇḍa
- boyhood
- kaiśoraḥ
- and youth
- putrābhyām
- because of your two sons
- abhavan
- there were
- kvacit
- at all
[Lord Kṛṣṇa said:] Dear Father, because of Us, your two sons, you and mother Devakī always remained in anxiety and could never enjoy Our childhood, boyhood or youth.