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nandah kim akarod brahman

sreya evam mahodayam

yasoda va maha-bhaga

papau yasyah stanam harih

SYNONYMS

nandah—Nanda Maharaja; kim—what; akarot—has performed; brahman—O brahmana; sreyah—auspicious activities; evam—thus; maha-udayam—rising to such an exalted position as the father of Krsna; yasoda—mother Yasoda; va—or; maha-bhaga—most fortunate; papau—drank; yasyah—of whom; stanam—by the breasts; harih—the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

Ramananda Raya continued, “ ’O brahmana, what pious activities did Nanda Maharaja perform by which he received the Supreme Personality of Godhead Krsna as his son, and what pious activities did mother Yasoda perform that made the Absolute Supreme Personality of Godhead Krsna call her ”mother" and suck her breasts?’