Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.41.27
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
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aravinda-locanaḥ
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lotus-eyed
Compound: aravinda (lotus) + locana (eye). One of Kṛṣṇa's most-used epithets. Gauḍīyas read the lotus-eye as the optical instrument of bhāva-transmission — the eye's curvature pours rasa into whoever the eye lands on.
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matta-dvirada-indra
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like a lordly elephant in rut
Triple compound: matta (intoxicated) + dvirada (twice-toothed = elephant) + indra (lord). Kṛṣṇa's gait is mast — heavy with His own juice. The Bhāgavatam unselfconsciously gives Kṛṣṇa a body, a walk, a mass.
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pragalbha-līlā
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bold pastimes
Compound: pragalbha (bold, daring) + līlā. The līlās He is recollecting as He walks — the gopīs, the cīra-haraṇa, the rāsa. Mathurā's women receive the second-hand smile from līlās performed elsewhere. Vraja remains the source.
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śrī-ramaṇa
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the lover of Lakṣmī, source of pleasure for the goddess of fortune
Compound: Śrī (Lakṣmī) + ramaṇa (one who delights). Lakṣmī's lover walking through the Yadu capital. The Bhāgavatam reminds the reader that Kṛṣṇa's mādhurya is the same that Lakṣmī herself meditates on.
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utsavam
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a festival
Accusative of utsava. His body is a festival for the eyes that receive it. Gauḍīyas read darśana itself as utsava — bhakti's grammar always tilts toward celebration, not asceticism.
Krsna is described as sri-ramana to indicate that he gave pleasure to the women of Mathura with his beauty (sri). By the beauty of his body (atmana), the women’s eyes derived complete bliss (utasavam). He stole their minds. This indicates that by giving them enjoyment of the eyes, they became thrilled, and without their noticing, he then stole the jewel of their minds.
For far off, he gave pleasure to the eyes of the women by his form which caused rati in even Lakṣmī. When he came closer have pleasure to their eyes by his lotus eyes. Then he gave pleasure by his bold, playful, smiling glances. In this way he stole their minds. Pragalbha means he was capable of stealing their minds. Or his brows danced playfully and his smiles because playful on reaching the height of cleverness in the kaiśora age. Different types of smiles indicated his different emotions. His glances also displayed those emotions. His feet moved boldly as if he were a mad elephant. Though the singular manaḥ could be used to express the meaning, the plural (manāṁsi) is used to show that all their minds were stolen. The meaning becomes startling by indicating that even though they were all shy, all their minds became captivated. Their minds were like their treasures, and he was greedy for those treasures. This is suitable since their minds were filled with prema. He gave them pleasure and then stole their minds. This suggests his cleverness in stealing. It is seen that clever thieves steal wealth by deceiving people when there is a great festival. The verse expresses the order in which they saw him (from far to close up). The order of words in the verse is as follows. With his lotus eyes, he stole their minds. What then can be said of his whole body which was the shelter of various pastimes? The words in the instrumental case show progressively how their minds became captivated.
From far off, he gave pleasure to the eyes of the women by his form which caused rati in even Lakṣmī. When he came closer he gave pleasure to their eyes by his lotus eyes. Then he gave pleasure by his bold, playful, smiling glances. In this way he stole their minds. Pragalbha means he was capable of stealing their minds. Or his brows danced playfully and his smiles became playful on reaching the height of cleverness in the kaiśora age. Different types of smiles indicated his different emotions. His glances also displayed those emotions. His feet moved boldly as if he were a mad elephant. Though the singular manaḥ could be used to express the meaning, the plural (manāṁsi) is used to show that all their minds were stolen. The meaning becomes startling by indicating that even though they were all shy, all their minds became captivated. Their minds were like their treasures, and he was greedy for those treasures. This is suitable since their minds were filled with prema. He gave them pleasure and then stole their minds. This suggests his cleverness in stealing. It is seen that clever thieves steal wealth by deceiving people when there is a great festival. The verse expresses the order in which they saw him (from far to close up). The order of words in the verse is as follows. With his lotus eyes, he stole their minds. What then can be said of his whole body which was the shelter of various pastimes? The words in the instrumental case show progressively how their minds became captivated.
- Where do you imagine Kṛṣṇa as more demure than He actually is?
- What if His public charisma is itself an invitation to be drawn in?
Kṛṣṇa walks through Mathurā the way a mast-elephant walks through a market — slow, full of His own power, knowing the ground is honored to receive Him. His glance is the festival; the women's eyes are the lamps.
My note
Source: vedabase.io