Text 11] Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead
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śṛṇumaḥ—we have heard; dūrāt—from a distance; sampaśyāmaḥ—are actually seeing; tathā—similarly; antikāt—presently also.
TRANSLATION
The son of Devāvṛdha was Babhru. Concerning Devāvṛdha and Babhru there are two famous songs of prayer, which were sung by our predecessors and which we have heard from a distance. Even now I hear the same prayers about their qualities [because that which was heard before is still sung continuously].
TEXTS 10-11
बभ्रुः श्रेष्ठो मनुष्याणां देवैर्देवावृधः समः ।
पुरुषाः पञ्चषष्टिश्च षट् सहस्राणि चाष्ट च ॥१०॥
येऽमृतत्वमनुप्राप्ता बभ्रोर्देवावृधादपि ।
महाभोजोऽत्तिधर्मात्मा भोजा आसंस्तदन्वये ॥११॥
babhruḥ śreṣṭho manuṣyāṇām
devair devāvṛdhaḥ samaḥ
puruṣāḥ pañca-ṣaṣṭiś ca
ṣaṭ-sahasrāṇi cāṣṭa ca
ye 'mṛtatvam anuprāptā
babhror devāvṛdhād api
mahābhojo 'tidharmātmā
bhojā āsaṁs tad-anvaye
babhruḥ —King Babhru;  śreṣṭhaḥ —the best of all kings;  manuṣyāṇām —of all human beings;  devaiḥ —with the demigods;  devāvṛdhaḥ —King Devāvṛdha;  samaḥ —equally situated;  puruṣāḥ —persons;  pañca-ṣaṣṭiḥ —sixty-five;  ca —also;  ṣaṭ-sahasrāṇi —six thousand;  ca —also;  aṣṭa —eight thousand;  ca —also;  ye —all of them who;  amṛtatvam —liberation from material bondage;  anuprāptāḥ —achieved;  babhroḥ —because of association with Babhru;  devāvṛdhāt —and because of association with Devāvṛdha;  api —indeed;  mahābhojaḥ —King Mahābhoja;  ati-dharma-ātmā —exceedingly religious;  bhojāḥ —the