Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta Antya 7.34

nandaḥ kim akarod brahman

śreya evaḿ mahodayam

yaśodā vā mahā-bhāgā

papau yasyāḥ stanaḿ hariḥ

SYNONYMS

nandaḥ — Nanda Mahārāja; kim — what; akarot — has performed; brahman — O brāhmaṇa; śreyaḥ — auspicious activities; evam — thus; mahā-udayam — rising to such an exalted position as the father of Kṛṣṇa; yaśodā — mother Yaśodā; vā — or; mahā-bhāgā — most fortunate; papau — drank; yasyāḥ — of whom; stanam — the breasts; hariḥ — the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

TRANSLATION

"'O brāhmaṇa, what pious activities did Nanda Mahārāja perform to receive the Supreme Personality of Godhead Kṛṣṇa as his son? And what pious activities did mother Yaśodā perform that made the Absolute Supreme Personality of Godhead Kṛṣṇa call her "Mother" and suck her breasts?'

PURPORT

This verse is from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (10.8.46).

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