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1. mayi tvayi ca pitarau snihyatas

in-me and in-you parents love

2. yas pŗthivīm pālayati sa pārthiva ucyate

who land protects, he prince is-called

3. kasyai devyai stotram racayema

for-what Goddess song-of-praise should-we-compose

4. gurus yuşmān āhvāyayat

guru you-all has-called

5. yā asmān dugdham pāyayanti tā denūs mā ghātayata

those us milk (that)feed-us those cows no let-kill

6. yuşman mama duḥkham bhavati

from-you my suffering is

7. sādhavas puņyais saha svargam labhante na tu itare janās

Sadhus with-merits heaven obtain but not for-other-peoples

8. vayam etat pustakam na icchāmas tad anyasmai kasmaicit dīyatām

we this book no want, it for-some-other(person) let-was-given

9. tvad anyas na kas api asmābhis śasyate

no one other than you by-us was-praised

10. yā devakī vasudevasya patnī abhavat tasyām kŗşņas ajāyata

Davaki who Vasudeva’s wife was, in-her Kŗşņa was-born

11. tava pitrā saha nagaryā:s āgacchāma

with-your-father from-city we-came

12. yūyam pitŗŗn śrāddhais prīņayatha vayam jalena

you-all fathers with-oblations please, we with-water

13. viśve devās tvā pālayantu

all Gods you let-protect

14. anyeśām kāvyais eşa kavis kīrtim asādhayat

with-the-poems-of-others, this poet fame acquired