pitarau nÄnvavindetÄá¹
kṛṣṇodÄrÄrbhakehitam
gÄyanty adyÄpi kavayo
yal loka-Å›amalÄpaham
pitarau - the actual father and mother of Kṛṣṇa; na - not; anvavindetÄm - enjoyed; kṛṣṇa - of Kṛṣṇa; udÄra - magnanimous; arbhaka-Ä«hitam - the childhood pastimes He performed; gÄyanti - are glorifying; adya api - even today; kavayaḥ - great, great sages and saintly persons; yat - which is; loka-Å›amala-apaham - by hearing of which the contamination of the whole material world is vanquished.
Although Kṛṣṇa was so pleased with Vasudeva and DevakÄ« that He descended as their son, they could not enjoy Kṛṣṇa’s magnanimous childhood pastimes, which are so great that simply chanting about them vanquishes the contamination of the material world. Nanda MahÄrÄja and YaÅ›odÄ, however, enjoyed these pastimes fully, and therefore their position is always better than that of Vasudeva and DevakÄ«.
Kṛṣṇa actually took birth from the womb of DevakÄ«, but just after His birth He was transferred to the home of mother YaÅ›odÄ. DevakÄ« could not even have Kṛṣṇa suck her breast. Therefore ParÄ«ká¹£it MahÄrÄja was astonished. How had mother YaÅ›odÄ and Nanda MahÄrÄja become so fortunate that they enjoyed the complete childhood pastimes of Kṛṣṇa, which are still glorified by saintly persons? What had they done in the past by which they were elevated to such an exalted position?
