Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.25.24
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
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yoga - anubhāvam
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the influence of (His) mystic power
yoga + anubhāva (experiential power, effect). The same anubhāva that the rasa-shastras study in devotees is here exhibited by Bhagavān. Indra is forced into rasa-class against his will.
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ati - vismitaḥ
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most amazed
ati (extreme) + vismita (astonished). Vismaya/adbhuta-rasa erupts in the offender's heart. Gauḍīya rasa-theory notes that adbhuta is often the doorway through which an antagonist enters bhakti — Indra is at that doorway now.
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nistambhaḥ
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whose false pride was brought down
nir (without) + stambha (pride, rigidity). The earlier stambham of v. 6 reversed onto its author. The Gauḍīya pattern: whatever the offender wishes upon devotees returns to break his own posture.
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bhraṣṭa - saṅkalpaḥ
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whose determination was ruined
bhraṣṭa (fallen, ruined) + saṅkalpa (resolve). The will of one who attacks devotees does not survive the attack. This is a Bhāgavata rule from Hiraṇyakaśipu to Kaṁsa — the offender's saṅkalpa is the first casualty.
His pride deflated, Indra withdrew the clouds out of fear that Krsna would punish him.
Indra saw (niśamya) the power (anubhāvam) of Kṛṣna’s natural śakti (yoga). According to Viśva-prakāśa the word niśamya can mean hearing or seeing. He lost his pride (nistambhaḥ). Why? His desire to destroy Vraja was thwarted (bhraṣṭa-saṅkalpaḥ). He made his clouds and winds stop giving disturbance since by not withdrawing them he feared he would be in trouble. He made the clouds and winds go far away (san—nyavārayat).
From messengers, Indra heard about (niśamya) the glory (anubhāvam) of the special śakti or method of stopping the rain (yoga) of Kṛṣṇa, Brahman in human form, the hero of Vraja. Or he heard about the power produced by Kṛṣṇa’s ṣakti. Though it is said he had gone to Vraja (stated earlier) he did not go personally out of pride. Or even though going there, he heard or was informed by the clouds since out of confusion of pride, he could not personally realize what had happened. Or he saw (niśamya). This is the other meaning according to Viśva dictionary. He lost his pride (nistambhaḥ). Why? His desire to destroy Vraja was thwarted (bhraṣṭa-saṅkalpaḥ). He made his clouds and winds (svān) or his own clouds (svān) stop giving disturbance since by not withdrawing them he feared he would be in trouble. He made the clouds and winds go far away, leaving the sky out of fear (san—nyavārayat).
- Whose opposition to me may already be quietly running out of arrogance in the presence of evidence?
- Where could I let my own pride dissolve before I am embarrassed further?
Indra watches his own pralaya-clouds fail and the boy stand unmoved for a week, and his māna falls off him the way water falls off a leaf. The breaking of pride here is silent, almost gentle — Kṛṣṇa never lifts a weapon, only a hill, and the king of heaven recognizes himself in the mirror of his thwarted intent.
My note
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