Dasakam 040 - Sloka 02

अयि सखे तव बालकजन्म मां सुखयतेऽद्य निजात्मजजन्मवत् । इति भवत्पितृतां व्रजनायके समधिरोप्य शशंस तमादरात् ॥२॥

अयि सखेO friend!तव बालक जन्मto you a son's birthमां-सुखयते-अद्यgives me pleasure nowनिज-आत्मज-जन्मवत्my own son's birth likeइति भवत्-पितृतांthus Thy fatherhoodव्रजनायके समधिरोप्यto the cowherd chief, (he cleverly) attributedशशंस तम्-आदरात्and praised him with affection

"O Friend! The birth of a son to you gives me pleasure as if a son were born to myself." Thus he cleverly attributed Thy fatherhood on Nanda, and praised him with affection.