134 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 10, Ch. 8
PURPORT

As stated in Bhagavad-gita (7.16), catur-vidha bhajante marh janah
sukrtino ’rjuna. Without sukrti, or pious activities, no one can come to the
shelter of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The Lord is approached
by four kinds of pious men (drto jijfidsur artharthi jrani ca), but here we
see that Nanda Maharaja and Yasoda surpassed all of them. Therefore
Pariksit Maharaja naturally inquired, ““What kind of pious activities did
they perform in their past lives by which they achieved such a stage of
perfection?” Of course, Nanda Maharaja and Yasoda are accepted as the
father and mother of Krsna, yet mother Yasoda was more fortunate than
Nanda Maharaja, Krsna’s father, because Nanda Maharaja was some-
times separated from Krsna whereas Yasoda, Krsna’s mother, was not
separated from Krsna at any moment. From Krsna’s babyhood to His
childhood and from His childhood to His youth, mother Yasoda was al-
ways in association with Krsna. Even when Krsna was grown up, He
would go to Vrndavana and sit on the lap of mother Yasoda. Therefore
there is no comparison to the fortune of mother Yasoda, and Pariksit
Maharaja naturally inquired, yasodd ca mahda-bhaga.

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pitarau nanvavindetam
krsnodararbhakehitam
gayanty adydpi kavayo
yal loka-samalapaham

pitarau—the actual father and mother of Krsna; na—not; anva-
vindetam—enjoyed; krsna—of Krsna; udadra—magnanimous; ar-
bhaka-ihitam—the childhood pastimes He performed; gda@yanti—are
glorifying; adya api—even today; kavayah—great, great sages and
saintly persons; yat—which is; loka-samala-apaham—by hearing of
which the contamination of the whole material world is vanquished.
