Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.25.22
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
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āśvāsita
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pacified
From ā + √śvas — literally 'breathed back to life.' Kṛṣṇa's words have restored Vraja's breath. Bhagavān's voice is, in Gauḍīya stotras, prāṇa itself — āśvāsana is what the Name does in every age.
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yathā - avakāśam
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comfortably (according to room)
yathā + avakāśa (space, room). The space under Govardhana adapts to its occupants. Gauḍīyas hear here the rule of Vaikuṇṭha and of nāma-saṅkīrtana: the shelter expands to the seeker, never the seeker to a fixed shelter.
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sa - upajīvinaḥ
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together with their dependents
sa (with) + upajīvin (one who lives off another, dependent). Servants, brāhmaṇas, every household member. Kṛṣṇa's shelter is taken collectively, not personally — Vraja goes in as a community, the proper unit of Bhāgavata refuge.
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nirviviśuḥ
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they entered
From nir + vi + √viś — entered fully into. The verb of complete entry, not provisional sheltering. Gauḍīya śaraṇāgati is exactly this: full entrance, not testing the rain with one hand outside.
All the domestic animals of Vṛndāvana were brought beneath Govardhana Hill for shelter.
They proceeded to go beneath the mountain along with their carts (savrajah), servants and priests (sopajivanah).
By speaking skillfully in this way and by lifting the mountain effortlessly with his left hand (tathā), with their minds comforted and peaceful because of Kṛṣṇa, who performs unlimited astonishing pastimes by attracting everyone’s hearts, they entered the cavity beneath the mountain along with their cows and other forms of wealth. Another version has tataḥ instead of tathā, with the same meaning. There was plenty of space (yathāvakāśam) since Govardhana extended for a yojana and expanded to suit the number of people. In Kali-yuga, like the Lord, Govardhana has been almost covered up. By the will of the Lord and power of Govardhana, when the people entered the hole, the rain from the top of the hill did not fall on them and the rain did not enter from the sides. Hari-vaṁśa says: sa dhṛtaḥ saṅgato megahir giriḥ savyena pāṇinā gṛha-bhāvaṁ gatas tatra grḥākāreṇa varcasā He held the mountain up to the clouds with his left hand. It became like a dwelling, with the form of a splendid house. Everyone lived there comfortably with their furniture and other items. Just as Kṛṣṇa held up the whole mountain using one finger of one hand on one portion of the mountain, so by his śakti no rain could enter under the mountain. The Lord revealed his nature as Bhagavān as previously by lifting the mountain easily like an umbrella as a small child, even though he had all powers.
- Which parts of my life am I leaving 'outside the hill' as if His shelter were too small?
- Where would including more under His protection be a simple act of faith?
All of Vraja walks under the hill — every cow, every wagon, every dependent, every brāhmaṇa — and the cave-room expands to fit them. This is the dimension of Bhagavān's shelter: it is never sized in advance; it sizes itself to whoever comes.
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