Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.38.21
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
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aṅga - saṅgam
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physical contact
Compound: aṅga (limb, body) + saṅga (contact). Bhāgavata's specific term for bodily touch by Bhagavān — distinct from mental darśana. Gauḍīyas treasure aṅga-saṅga as the bhakta's reward, against Māyāvāda's preference for bodiless awareness.
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praṇatam
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who am standing with head bowed
Past participle of pra-√nam — bowed down. Recurs through this chapter: Akrūra rehearses bowing, then actually bows (v.34), then is grasped by Balarāma while still bowed (v.37). The verb organizes the chapter's bodily choreography.
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akrūra
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O Akrūra
Vocative of his own name — the way Kṛṣṇa will address him. Gauḍīyas note the rasic depth here: Akrūra rehearses being called by name, and the verse predicts the future scene of the friend-greeting. The name is the bridge.
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tata
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my dear relative
An affectionate address — "dear one," "father," "son" depending on context. The same word the gopīs use among themselves, the same word Yaśodā uses to Kṛṣṇa. Gauḍīyas regard tata as a rasa-marker: where it appears, intimacy is present.
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uruśravāḥ
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Lord Kṛṣṇa, whose fame is vast
Compound: uru (vast) + śravas (fame). One of Kṛṣṇa's classical epithets in Vedic register. Gauḍīyas note Akrūra's rasa-stratification: he speaks Kṛṣṇa's most expansive Name and then anticipates Him speaking only a single intimate word back.
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janma - bhṛtaḥ
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having a successful birth
Compound: janma (birth) + bhṛta (borne, made successful). Gauḍīya śāstra holds that human birth is fruitful only when bhakti is awakened (cf. SB 5.5.1). Akrūra predicts his life's purpose fulfilled in one moment of being named.
"When he calls out to me O uncle! My life will become successful. Otherwise my life is useless. One is unfortunate if one does not get respected by great persons."
Not satisfied he develops another desire. By getting contact with Kṛṣṇa’s body, Akrūra in joy offers respects again. With my hands folded, he will say to me “My dear Akrūra.” Tata is used instead of tāta because Kṛṣṇa will speak with agitation of prema. He indicates the Lord’s great mercy: The Lord has immense fame because of qualities like his unconditional mercy (uruśravaḥ). My birth will be successful. This indicates that this last desire is the greatest among all of them since by loving words of the Lord one can attain the highest bliss. The desires stated are increasingly greater in succession. He who is not addressed by the Lord has a useless birth. The word eva indicates that if the Lord at some time speaks to him, then his birth will become successful. The word amuṣya (that person) indicates an unseen person situated far from the Lord. It also shows he is greatly disrespected by the Lord. Not being spoken to by the Lord, his birth is useless. Or because he is so low and fallen, he cannot be mentioned. Or, he may be elevated by birth, but still he is useless. Śrīdhara Svāmī calls such a person a “creature.” Being disrespected by the great Lord, he lacks all good qualities. Or, if he is not respected by a great servant of the Lord full of qualities like mercy (mahīyasā), his birth is useless, what to speak of his uselessness if he were disrespected by the Lord full of sweet qualities like mercy.
- Have you let Kṛṣṇa call you by your name in prayer, or do you stay generic?
- What does it mean for the rest of your life if He once says 'My dear ____' to you?
A son returning from years away does not feel he has arrived until his father calls him by his old household name. Akrūra waits for one word — "Akrūra, my dear" — and the rest of his life is rewritten by that two-syllable acknowledgment. To be named by Bhagavān is the whole point of being born.
My note
Source: vedabase.io