Ādi 6.55-56

TEXTS 55-56

TEXT

অন্যের কা কথা, ব্রজে নন্দ মহাশয় ।
তার সম 'গুরু' কৃষ্ণের আর কেহ নয় ॥ ৫৫ ॥
শুদ্ধবাৎসল্যে ঈশ্বর-জ্ঞান নাহি তার ।
তাহাকেই প্রেমে করায় দাস্য-অনুকার ॥ ৫৬ ॥

anyera ka katha, vraje nanda mahasaya

tara sama 'guru' krsnera ara keha naya

suddha-vatsalye isvara-jnana nahi tara

tahakei preme karaya dasya-anukara

SYNONYMS

anyera-of others; ka-what; katha-to speak; vraje-in Vrndavana; nanda mahasaya-Nanda Maharaja; tara sama-like him; guru-a superior; krsnera-of Lord Krsna; ara-another; keha-anyone; naya-not; suddha-vatsalye-in transcendental paternal love; isvara-jnana-conception of the Supreme Lord; nahi-not; tara-his; tahakei-unto him; preme-ecstatic love; karaya-makes; dasya-anukara-the conception of being a servant.

TRANSLATION

Although no one is a more respected elder for Krsna than Nanda Maharaja in Vraja, who in transcendental paternal love has no knowledge that his son is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, still ecstatic love makes him, not to speak of others, feel himself to be a servant of Lord Krsna.