श्रीराजोवाच नन्द: किमकरोद् ब्रह्मन्श्रेय एवं महोदयम् । यशोदा च महाभागा पपौ यस्या: स्तनं हरि: ॥ ४६ ॥
śrī-rājovāca nandaḥ kim akarod brahman śreya evaṁ mahodayam yaśodā ca mahā-bhāgā papau yasyāḥ stanaṁ hariḥ
- śrī-rājā uvāca
- Mahārāja Parīkṣit further inquired (from Śukadeva Gosvāmī)
- nandaḥ
- Mahārāja Nanda
- kim
- what
- akarot
- performed
- brahman
- O learned brāhmaṇa
- śreyaḥ
- auspicious activities, like performing penances and austerities
- evam
- as exhibited by him
- mahā-udayam
- from which they achieved the greatest perfection
- yaśodā
- mother Yaśodā
- ca
- also
- mahā-bhāgā
- most fortunate
- papau
- drank
- yasyāḥ
- of whom
- stanam
- the breast milk
- hariḥ
- the Supreme Personality of Godhead
Having heard of the great fortune of mother Yaśodā, Parīkṣit Mahārāja inquired from Śukadeva Gosvāmī: O learned brāhmaṇa, mother Yaśodā’s breast milk was sucked by the Supreme Personality of Godhead. What past auspicious activities did she and Nanda Mahārāja perform to achieve such perfection in ecstatic love?