Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.22.21
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
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avanatāḥ
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bowed down
Past participle of ava-√nam. The completed bow of verse 20. The body has assumed the shape of surrender; the Lord now responds. Gauḍīya pattern: praṇāma calls forth prasāda.
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devakī-sutaḥ
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Kṛṣṇa, the son of Devakī
Compound: devakī + suta (son). The poet alternates names — nanda-suta (Vraja) and devakī-suta (Mathurā) — to remind the listener that this cowherd boy is also the Yadu prince destined to slay Kaṁsa. Both identities are true; mādhurya does not erase aiśvarya, only veils it.
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prāyacchat
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He returned
Imperfect of pra-√yam. The verb completes a long arc: He took (upādāya, 9), He withheld, He demanded their bow, and now He gives back. The narrative shape of the entire cīra-haraṇa-līlā lives in this single perfect.
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karuṇaḥ
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compassionate
From √kṛ — bound up with the suffering of others. Karuṇā is one of Kṛṣṇa's eternal qualities (śata-guṇāḥ); Gauḍīyas list it in the catalog of His sixty-four qualities (Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu).
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toṣitaḥ
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satisfied
Past participle of √tuṣ. The Lord is now toṣita — His satisfaction is the visible fruit of the gopīs' surrender. The pattern of bhakti throughout the Bhāgavatam: the devotee acts, the Lord is pleased, the līlā proceeds.
Krsna then gave all their garments , including the top portions, because he was pleased that they had done as he wished.
Offering respects as he had said (tathā), he gave them with prema (pra—yacchat), getting down from the tree, all their garments, both lower and upper pieces because he was merciful at all times but was pleased particularly by their actions. Because of the young gopīs desire to see him, he revealed his fickle nature as a young boy, though it also revealed his nature as a gallant. He developed great desire by their special condition of pūrvānurāga filled with great pain, which made them overcome their shyness and pride. Śukadeva calls Kṛṣṇa the son of Devakī because of Parīkṣit. He was the great grandson of Kuntī and grandson of Subhadrā. Śukadeva derived pleasure from this lineage. Devakī was Parīkṣit’s great grandmother. At the beginning of the Tenth Canto Śukadeva noted Parīkṣit was overcome by Kṛṣṇa’s prema. You should consider now the greatness of these gopīs who were made unsteady by his prema. Addressing Kṛṣṇa as the son of Devakī should be explained in this way in other places as well.
When they offered respects as he had instructed (tathā), getting down from the tree, he gave them (pra—yacchat), all their garments, both lower and upper pieces while calling to them affectionately. Or for fun he switched their clothing around to please them. It is understood that he descended from the kadamba tree. He gave them the cloth because he was merciful (karuṇaḥ). He was pleased by nature because he wanted to manifested unlimited qualities as bhagavān. For that he was born from Devakī (devakī-sutaḥ). The meaning of Devakī was explained previously. He was satisfied with their vow or for abiding by his own words.
- What did the Lord take from me at a moment of surrender that He has already returned, perhaps unnoticed?
- Where am I still feeling deprived of something He has gently restored?
A king who has accepted the formal homage of his subjects and now, satisfied, restores what He had taken — His withholding was instruction, His return is grace. Karuṇa flows because the bow has been made: the līlā's grammar is consistent.
My note
Source: vedabase.io