Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.41.43
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
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sudāmnaḥ
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of Sudāmā
Genitive of Sudāmā — 'he whose gifts are excellent.' Not the brāhmaṇa Sudāmā of Canto 10.80; this Sudāmā is the Mathurā mālā-kāra. Gauḍīyas note: the same auspicious name is given to two devotees in different cantos, both of whom delight Kṛṣṇa by small offerings.
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mālā-kārasya
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of the garland-maker
Compound genitive: mālā (garland) + kāra (maker). A floral artisan — low in the varṇāśrama ladder but high on the bhakti ladder. The Bhāgavatam consistently elevates such figures (Vidura, Mālinī, this Sudāmā) above brāhmaṇas-by-birth.
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samutthāya
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standing up
Absolutive of sam + ut + √sthā — rising up completely. Sudāmā stands at once — the body's first response to darśana before the mind can catch up. The Bhāgavatam preserves the somatic sequence: standing, then bowing, only then speaking.
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nanāma
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bowed down
Perfect of √nam — to bend. Sudāmā lays his head on the ground (śirasā bhuvi). Sāṣṭāṅga-praṇāma is the body's confession of total dependence. Gauḍīyas: the namaḥ-act is the foundation of dāsya, the gateway to higher rasas.
After dressing and putting on ornaments one puts on a garland. This verse describes putting on garlands.
After the two had been decorated to cloth ornaments (tataḥ), they needed flower garlands. Or after giving mercy to the weaver they gave even more (tataḥ) mercy to the garland maker. The reasons he did not approach the Lord earlier like all others was that he was absorbed in making the splendid garland for Kṛṣṇa. This will be made clear later. He got up from his seat with great respect (sam--utthāya) and then touched his head to the ground. Viṣṇu Purāṇa says bhuvaṁ viṣṭabhya hastābhyāṁ pasparśa śirasā mahīm: putting his hands on the ground he then touched his head to the ground. All the garland maker’s assistants had also gone out to see the Lord. The garland maker’s eyes were fixed upon his garland. When the Lord suddenly approached him by his mercy, the garland maker did not have room to offer full respects on the ground. Thus he only touched his head. Or, out of confusion he could not remember to offer full respects on the ground.
- When did your body last bow before your mind had analyzed the situation?
- Whose presence would you recognize without introduction?
The garland-maker sees Kṛṣṇa at his door and immediately falls — face on the ground, the garland-maker who has been threading flowers for unknown gods has at last seen the deity worth them all.
My note
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