sri-raja uvaca -- the King said; brahman -- O brahmana, Sukadeva; para-udbhave -- for the offspring of another; krishne -- Lord Krishna; iyan -- so much; prema -- love; katham -- how; bhavet -- can be; yah -- which; abhuta-purvah -- unprecedented; tokeshu -- for the children; sva-udbhaveshu -- their own offspring; api -- even; kathyatam -- please explain.

King Parikshit said: O brahmana, how could the cowherd women have developed for Krishna, someone else's son, such unprecedented pure love -- love they never felt even for their own children? Please explain this.