Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.39.4
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
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tāta
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dear (one), affectionate term for elder or junior
Tāta is used both upward (to father) and downward (to son). Kṛṣṇa addresses Akrūra as elder; the warmth is the same warmth He will use with Sudāmā and the gopas — never courtly distance.
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saumya
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O gentle one
Saumya literally 'like the moon' — cool, mild, auspicious. A Vaiṣṇava endearment Kṛṣṇa repeatedly uses for soft-natured devotees; cf. Bhagavad-gītā 5.7.
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bhadram
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auspiciousness
The standard Vedic blessing-word. Kṛṣṇa, who is Himself the source of all bhadra, formally invokes it for His guest — modeling for us that the Supreme blesses through the conventions of culture.
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anāmayam
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free from disease / well
From āmaya, disease. Echoed and inverted in verse 5 where Kaṁsa is called the kula-āmaya, 'family disease' — Kṛṣṇa subtly sets up the next verse's diagnosis.
Sva indicates friends, jnati indicates relatives of direct kinship through mother and father for seven generations. Bandhu indicates those without direct kinship. Are they all without sin (anamivam) and healthy (anamayam)?
As a paternal uncle Kṛṣṇa addresses him like a father (tāta). O gentle one (saumya), possessing good qualities! Both names indicate great respect. The plural verb āgataḥ (you came) and plural pronoun vaḥ (you) also indicate respect. Another version has āgatah in the singular. May you have auspiciousness? The question and the blessing are according to proper conduct but are also meant to pacify Akrūra, who has come with feeling of lowliness. Are you free of sorrow and ill health? These two are general and particular questions about lack of suffering. Or, his coming was actually impossible. Kṛṣṇa satisfies him by being joyful that he could succeed. This will be expressed also in verse 7 where he says “By good fortune you have come”. In this verse he says “Having you come here in comfort (svātam kāccit āgataḥ)?”
- Have you let Kṛṣṇa ask you small questions, or do you only let Him handle big ones?
- Whom in your life could you greet with this kind of warm specificity?
Like a gentle host who, before opening any business, asks first about the road, the family, and the health of distant cousins — Kṛṣṇa, the Lord of all worlds, observes perfect village courtesy with Akrūra. The Supreme is the most cultured among gentlemen.
My note
Source: vedabase.io