Madhya 11.140

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ছোট হঞা মুকুন্দ এবে হৈল আমার জ্যেষ্ঠ ।
তোমার কৃপাপাত্র তাতে সর্বগুণে শ্রেষ্ঠ ॥ ১৪০ ॥

chota hana mukunda ebe haila amara jyestha

tomara krpa-patra tate sarva-gune srestha

SYNONYMS

chota hana-being junior; mukunda-Mukunda; ebe-now; haila-has become; amara-my; jyestha-senior; tomara-Your; krpa-patra-favorite; tate-therefore; sarva-gune-in all good qualities; srestha-superior.

TRANSLATION

Thus Vasudeva Datta admitted his inferiority to Mukunda, his son. "Although Mukunda is my junior," he said, "he first received Your favor. Consequently he became transcendentally senior to me. Besides that, You very much favored Mukunda. Thus he is superior in all good qualities."