Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.23.37
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
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līlā-nara-vapuḥ
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whose transcendental body appears as a human for pastimes
Compound: līlā (pastime) + nara (human) + vapuḥ (body). The exact tattva-statement Bhāgavatam repeats — His body is not material, but appears human because the līlā requires it. Gauḍīya safeguard against misreading His humanity.
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nṛ-lokam-anuśīlayan
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imitating human society
Compound: nṛ-loka (human world) + anuśīlayan (following). Anuśīlana — the very verb Rūpa Gosvāmī uses to define bhakti (kṛṣṇa-anuśīlanam, Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu 1.1.11). Here Kṛṣṇa Himself performs anuśīlana — of human ways.
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go-gopa-gopīnām
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the cows, cowherd boys and cowherd girls
Compound triple: go (cows) + gopa (boys) + gopīnām (girls). Vraja's three pillars in one breath. Every Vraja-līlā centres on this triad; this chapter has touched cows (verse 17), boys (throughout), and now opens toward gopīs in the next chapters.
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ramayan
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pleasing
Present participle, causative of √ram. Kṛṣṇa is named as the one who causes others to take pleasure. The same root gives 'Rāma' — pleasing — and the active participle here keeps the etymology alive.
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rūpa-vāk-kṛtaiḥ
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with His beauty, words and actions
Compound: rūpa (form) + vāk (speech) + kṛtaiḥ (deeds). Three doorways through which He pleases Vraja — His beauty (verse 22), His words (verses 25-33), and His actions (verse 36). The verse summarises the chapter's structure.
The brahmanas remembered Krsna constantly and were repentant because of the auspicious presence of their wives. This verse speaks of their repentance. "Because (yat) we have ignored the request of the lord of the universe we are offenders." What was type of lord? "He and Balarama were ones who bewildered us (nr vidambayoh) in begging food."
Śukadeva summarizes all Kṛṣṇa’s actions, his mercy to the wives of the brāhmaṇas and his beauty, which gave joy to the people of Vraja. The word evam suggests that there were many more pastimes of this sort. Performing pastimes in a human form, he taught the humans bhakti to himself. Or, performing pastimes in a human form, he acted properly according to human behavior (nṛ-lokam).
- Where am I treating the Lord as a visiting guest rather than as a community member?
- How would my service shift if I trusted Him as one of the family?
An actor on a flawless stage — the costume, the gestures, the lines all human, but inside the costume, the Source. Kṛṣṇa enjoys the cows, the boys, the gopīs not because He needs to, but because nara-līlā is the form in which His sweetness comes within reach.
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Source: vedabase.io