Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.41.12
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
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adhokṣaja
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O transcendental Lord
Etymologically: adhaḥ-kṛta + akṣa-ja — He before whom sense-knowledge falls down. The name Akrūra has just used in his Yamunā-stuti (40.32 etc.). For Gauḍīyas it names Kṛṣṇa as beyond mental speculation — yet here, paradoxically, He is being invited home for dinner.
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suhṛt-tama
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O supreme well-wisher
Superlative of suhṛt — friend who wishes well without expectation of return. Echoes BG 5.29 (suhṛdaṁ sarva-bhūtānām). The Gītā establishes the title; the Bhāgavatam invokes it personally.
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sa-nāthān
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having a master
Compound: sa (with) + nātha (master). To 'have a master' is the householder's blessing in Akrūra's framing. The Gauḍīya reversal of secular grammar: anāthā is suffering; sa-nātha is fulfilment.
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agra-jaḥ
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elder brother
agra (front, foremost) + ja (born). Balarāma is included in the invitation — Gauḍīyas always pair Them, kṛṣṇa-balarāmau, never severing them. The duality is structural to Vraja-tattva.
"Let the inhabitants of Vraja, you and I go to our houses. I will not go to Kamsa and announce the news of your arrival now. How can I announce that he will die the day after tomorrow? I do not have a speck of fear from him, because I have seen your powers in the Yamuna. Also, there will be no lack of things in my house. Therefore let us all go there."
“What should I do?” Come to my house. “You should go to Kaṁsa in order to tell him that we have arrived.” Fearing such an answer from Kṛṣṇa, he shows fearlessness because of experiencing Kṛṣṇa’s powers in the Yamunā. I will not go there. Come to my house. You two, the others and I will first go to our residences. But not seeing Kṛṣṇa’s consent, he then prayed with humility. Do this for us, who protected by you (sanāthān). He speaks in the plural (naḥ) to indicate his friends as well. You are beyond the knowledge of the senses but you will prove your protective qualities (sanātha) by coming to my house personally. Or go to our (naḥ) houses and give the residents protection (sanāthān). Since the houses are without masters, by going to them your quality of giving protection will be shown. Do not come alone but with your brother and the cowherds. Or come with your friends who protect the carts and oxen. This meaning can be derived according to the rule tṛtīyāsaptamyor bahula. (Pāṇini 2.4.84) “Why do we have to go immediately?” Those who show unconditional mercy are friends. Devotees are even better friends. Bhagavān is the best friend (suhṛttama).
- When did you last consciously invite Kṛṣṇa to come to your home and stay?
- What in your domestic setting could be re-prepared for His company?
A poor villager begs the king to spend the night under his roof — knowing the dust of those feet will outlast the house. Akrūra asks not for wealth but for proximity, with all His associates included.
My note
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