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Tu janani man ki ati bhori inke kahe patiayo: meaning

Verse 3 of the Maiya Mori Main Nahin Makhan Khayo

तू जननी मन की अति भोरी इनके कहे पतिआयो

जिय तेरे कछु भेद उपजि है जानि परायो जायो

tū jananī man kī ati bhorī inke kahe patiāyo / jiy tere kachu bhed upaji hai jāni parāyo jāyo

Mother, you are too trusting. You believe what they tell you. Something must have come between us in your heart, as if you thought I was someone else's child.

Words

तू tūyou
जननी jananīmother
मन manheart
की kīof
अति ativery
भोरी bhorīinnocentBraj form; modern Hindi would say bholī.
इनके inketheir
कहे kahewords
पतिआयो patiāyoyou believedOften linked to Sanskrit pratyaya, trust.
जिय jiyheart
तेरे tereyour
कछु kachusomeBraj form; modern Hindi would say kuch.
भेद bheddifference
उपजि upajiarisen
है haiis
जानि jānithinking me
परायो parāyoanother's
जायो jāyochild

Someone else's child

Krishna's accusation has a hidden edge, because it is true. In the story he is born to Devaki and Vasudeva in prison at Mathura and carried by night to Yashoda and Nanda in Gokul. The listener knows that, and Yashoda doesn't.

Source: Bhagavata Purana, Book 10