Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.45.21

pitar yuvābhyāḿ snigdhābhyāḿ

poṣitau lālitau bhṛśam

pitror abhyadhikā prītir

ātmajeṣv ātmano 'pi hi

SYNONYMS

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.

TRANSLATION

[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.

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