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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.41.42

तस्य प्रसन्नो भगवान् प्रादात्सारूप्यमात्मन: । श्रियं च परमां लोके बलैश्वर्यस्मृतीन्द्रियम् ॥ ४२ ॥
tasya prasanno bhagavān
[tasya prasanno bhagavaan]
prādāt sārūpyam ātmanaḥ
[praadaat saaroopyam aatmanah]
śriyaṁ ca paramāṁ loke
[shriyam cha paramaam loke]
balaiśvarya-smṛtīndriyam
[balaishvarya-smriteendriyam]
Word-for-word
tasya — with him prasannaḥ — satisfied bhagavān — the Supreme Lord prādāt — granted sārūpyam — the liberation of having the same form ātmanaḥ — as Himself śriyam — opulence ca — and paramām — supreme loke — in this world bala — physical strength aiśvarya — influence smṛti — strength of memory indriyam — dexterity of the senses .
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
tasya prasanno bhagavān
tasya
with him
prasannaḥ
satisfied
bhagavān
the Supreme Lord
prādāt sārūpyam ātmanaḥ
prādāt
granted
sārūpyam
the liberation of having the same form
ātmanaḥ
as Himself
śriyaṁ ca paramāṁ loke
śriyam
opulence
ca
and
paramām
supreme
loke
in this world
balaiśvarya-smṛtīndriyam
bala
physical strength
aiśvarya
influence
smṛti
strength of memory
indriyam
dexterity of the senses .
Important Words
  • sārūpyam — the liberation of having the same form
    Compound: sa (with) + rūpa (form) + ya (state). The fourth of the five mokṣas. Gauḍīya doctrine: sārūpya is one of the lower mukti-rungs because it stops at form-identity; bhāva-identity (Vraja-prema) reaches higher.
  • prasannaḥ — satisfied
    Past participle of pra + √sad — to be settled, pleased. Kṛṣṇa's prasannatā is the giver of all benediction. Echoes the Bhāgavatam's standard tat-prasāda formula — by His pleasure, everything is given.
  • smṛti-indriyam — strength of memory and senses
    Compound: smṛti (memory) + indriya (sense). The weaver gets sharp memory and acute senses — the practical infrastructure of bhajana. Gauḍīyas: memory of Kṛṣṇa (smaraṇa) is one of the nine bhakti-aṅgas (SB 7.5.23); strong smṛti is sādhana-equipment.
  • ātmanaḥ — as Himself
    Genitive of ātman. The weaver's new form is patterned after the Lord's own form. Gauḍīya parsing: the ātman of Bhagavān includes His vigraha — sac-cid-ānanda-vigraha is personal, with form, not a formless absolute.
Pleased with the weaver, the Supreme Lord Kṛṣṇa blessed him that after death he would achieve the liberation of attaining a form like the Lord’s, and that while in this world he would enjoy supreme opulence, physical strength, influence, memory and sensory vigor.
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Pleased with the weaver, the Supreme Lord Kṛṣṇa blessed him that after death he would achieve the liberation of attaining a form like the Lord's, and that while in this world he would enjoy supreme opulence, physical strength, influence, memory and sensory vigor.
Commentary

Pleased, Krsna immediately endowed the weaver with alert senses, memory, power, strength and a spiritual body of a cowherd.

Jīva Gosvāmī Gauḍīya
Commentary

The Lord especially gave (pra—adāt) him (tasya) a spiritual form like his own. The possessive case is used (tasya) instead of the dative case (tasmai) to show that the weaver was qualified for obtaining a spiritual form and planet because of his bhakti. In this life (loke) the weaver would attain the greatest wealth, strength, power, memory and strong senses. What to speak of his next life! Or he gave him these blessings in the presence of others (loke). The prefix pra (very much) indicates that he gave a special form, that of a cowherd (ātmanaḥ). He would have wealth greater (śriyam paramām) than that of Brahmā. The word ca indicates that he also got the highest power etc. all together at once, in the manner of Kubjā. This was possible because Kṛṣṇa is Bhagavān.

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Personal Guidance
Pleased, Kṛṣṇa blesses the weaver with future liberation in a form like His own and present supreme opulence, strength, influence, memory and sensory vigor. The Lord gives both future and present in one stroke for sincere service.
Reflection Questions
  • Where do you assume devotional reward is only in the next life?
  • What present blessing could you receive if you let small service matter?
Analogy

The weaver, who knew the contour of cloth, is given a body in Vaikuṇṭha that matches the contour of Bhagavān Himself — sārūpya as the perfected version of his trade. Bhagavān returns the gift in the exact key the giver gave it.

Stories
Sārūpya as one of the five liberations

The Bhāgavatam classifies five mokṣa-types: sālokya (same world as the Lord), sārṣṭi (same opulence), sāmīpya (close proximity), sārūpya (same form), and sāyujya (merger). Gauḍīyas accept all five — except the last, sāyujya, which Caitanya-line ācāryas reject because merging dissolves the personal relation that bhakti requires.

The weaver receives sārūpya — a four-armed body like Viṣṇu's. In Gauḍīya hierarchy this is high but not highest; the gopīs' bhāva exceeds even this. Vyāsa records it precisely: small sevā, calibrated reward.

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