Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.41.36
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
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jijīviṣā
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the desire to live
Desiderative of √jīv — desire to live. The rajaka invokes jijīviṣā as the basic instinct — and within seconds will lose it himself. The Bhāgavatam's irony is structural, not decorative.
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rāja-kulāni
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the King's men
Compound: rāja (king) + kula (clan, household). The royal household-staff who enforce the king's reach. The rajaka identifies himself with them — and so inherits, in the next verse, their fate at Bhagavān's hand.
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bāliśaḥ
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fools
Vocative plural of bāliśa — foolish, childish. The rajaka calls Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma 'fools.' The Bhāgavatam preserves the exact word — for the reader to feel the weight of its misapplication.
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lumpanti
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and loot
Present 3rd plural of √lup — to plunder, tear away. The verb of seizure. The rajaka's vocabulary is the vocabulary of confiscation — and Kṛṣṇa will, in the very next verse, confiscate his head.
The normal meaning of the verse is clear. However, there is another meaning. "O bhagavan, who on the pretext of taking three steps of land, claimed the body of Bali (Balisa)! You should not request in this way if you want to keep me alive, just as Bali fell into danger by giving in charity. If I give you the cloth, I will not live beyond today. The servants of the king will bind up that person who is not afraid of Kamsa (drptam), and after informing Kamsa, they will kill him and loot his house."
O fools! You should quickly flee. You should not ask like this again. The king’s men will beat you (ghnanti) and injure you (lumpanti). I forgive you now since you are children. The hidden meaning is as follows. People like me are fickle fools. If you desire to show how you maintain others’ lives, you should not ask like this. “How can warriors test their strength on a washer man?” Persons like you, coming in a royal family, tie up persons filled with pride. Jīva can mean maintaining strength or life.
O fools! Or O boys (bāliśa)! This means they had not reach yauvana period. You are innocent, without pride. Quickly flee! Do not ask for anything again. The king’s men will beat you and stab you.
- Where have you threatened someone you mistook for a presumptuous fool?
- How would you treat strangers asking for something modest if you knew they could be Him?
He warns Kṛṣṇa about the king's executioners — not knowing that the executioner of the king is standing in front of him asking for cloth. The threat is a self-portrait.
My note
Source: vedabase.io