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tomare ’lalya’, apanake ’lalaka’ abhimana

lalakera lalye nahe dosa-parijnana

SYNONYMS

tomare—unto you; lalya—maintained; apanake—unto Me; lalaka—the maintainer; abhimana—conception; lalakera—of the maintainer; lalye—unto the maintained; nahe—not; dosa—fault; parijnana—understanding "My dear Haridasa and Sanatana, I think of you as My little boys, to be maintained by Me.

The maintainer never takes seriously any faults of the maintained.

PURPORT

When a father maintains a child and the child is maintained by the father, the father never takes seriously the faults of the child.

Even if they actually are faults, the father does not mind them.