Ādi-līlā, Chapter 6
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SYNONYMS
anyera —of others;  kā —what;  kathā —to speak;  vraje —in Vṛndāvana;  nanda mahāśaya —Nanda Mahārāja;  tāra sama —like him;  guru —a superior;  kṛṣṇera —of Lord Kṛṣṇa;  āra —another;  keha —anyone;  naya —not;  śuddha-vātsalye —in transcendental paternal love;  īśvara-jñāna —conception of the Supreme Lord;  nāhi —not;  tāra —his;  tāhākei —unto him;  preme —ecstatic love;  karāya —makes;  dāsya-anukāra —the conception of being a servant.
TRANSLATION
Although no one is a more respected elder for Kṛṣṇa than Nanda Mahārāja 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 Kṛṣṇa.
TEXT 57
তেঁহো রতি-মতি মাগে কৃষ্ণের চরণে ।   তাহার শ্রীমুখবাণী তাহাতে প্রমাণে ॥ ৫৭ ॥
teṅho rati-mati māge kṛṣṇera caraṇe   tāhāra śrī-mukha-vāṇī tāhāte pramāṇe
SYNONYMS
teṅho —he also;  rati-mati —affection and attraction;  māge —begs;  kṛṣṇera caraṇe —unto the lotus feet of Kṛṣṇa;  tāhāra —his;  śrī-mukha-vāṇī —words from his mouth;  tāhāte —in that;  pramāṇe —evidence.
TRANSLATION
He too prays for attachment and devotion to the lotus feet of Lord Kṛṣṇa, as the words from his own mouth give evidence.
TEXTS 58-59
শুন উজব, সত্য, কৃষ্ণ—আমার তনয় ।   তেঁহো ঈশ্বর—হেন যদি তোমার মনে লয় ॥ ৫৮ ॥   তথাপি তাঁহাতে রহ মোর মনোবৃত্তি ।   তোমার ঈশ্বর-কৃষ্ণে হউক মোর মতি ॥ ৫৯ ॥
śuna uddhava, satya, kṛṣṇa — āmāra tanaya   teṅho īśvara — hena yadi tomāra mane laya
tathāpi tāṅhāte rahu mora mano-vṛtti   tomāra īśvara-kṛṣṇe hauka mora mati