Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.42.12
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
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eṣyāmi
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I will go (to your house)
Future of ā + √i. He uses the future tense — and Gauḍīyas note: the future visit, traditionally identified in later texts, is the gesture of a Lord who does not break a promise. He will come, but on His own kālacakra.
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sādhita-arthaḥ
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having accomplished My purpose
Compound: sādhita (accomplished) + artha (purpose). His prior artha is the killing of Kaṁsa and the relief of the earth. Gauḍīya hierarchy: lokānugraha (universal favor) precedes personal favors. The bhakta accepts the queue.
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ādhi
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mental distress
From ā + √dhā. The technical term for psychological pain. He calls her house the eradicator of ādhi for travelers — a polite, Gauḍīya-noted irony, since His true home for the ādhi-burdened is the holy name, not Kubjā's parlor.
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agṛhāṇām
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for those without a home
Genitive plural of a + gṛha. Kṛṣṇa describes Himself and the boys as homeless. Gauḍīya theological note: Vraja is the only home; Mathurā is exile. The avadhūta-tone here forecasts the bhakta-renouncer ideal — Caitanya and the Gosvāmīs were also agṛhāṇām.
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pānthānām
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of those traveling on the road
Genitive plural of panthāḥ. The Lord and His companions are pilgrims on a road. The bhakta lives as a pānthā — passing through, never settling in the world's lodgings.
By the word agṛhāṇām, Śrī Kṛṣṇa indicated not only that He had no fixed residence but also that He was not yet married.
Krsna then spoke, conveying to Kubja that he was accepting her, and conveying to Balarama and others that he was evading a worldly woman. "O beautiful woman, your house takes away the mental sorrows of all men." He spoke of all men to joke with her. "After doing my work of killing Kamsa , I will certainly come to your house." In this way he indicated the time that he would come. "You are the supreme shelter of us unmarried men." Krsna, though one person, used the plural (nah) to produce respect for himself as a prince in Kubja’s mind. "We are travelers." By this he hints that in Gokula, his own village he has many gopis who are attracted to him, but in Mathura he does not know anyone. Only she is attracted to him here. Thus he hints that he is attracted to her. On the otherhand, expressing himself to Balarama and others, by the use of the plural, and using the word "travelers" and describing her as one who relieves men of distress (adhi), using phrases indicating her as an ignorant, low woman, he criticizes her.
He then revealed his desire for her. I will come to your house. Using the plural (naḥ) indicates himself as well as all the other boys (for the boys listening) and his surrender to her (for her understanding).
Kṛṣṇa addresses her as subhru. This indicates his desire for her. You are the refuge for travellers. This indicates Balarāma and others as well as himself. He in this way hides his own bhāva out of shyness, making a general statement. Or having left our homes and travelled for a long time, we take shelter of you.
- What 'visit' is Kṛṣṇa postponing in your life until His prior work is finished?
- Are you willing to wait for the right order rather than insisting on now?
A surgeon promises the patient He will visit her later — first He must remove the tumor. Kṛṣṇa promises Kubjā after, never before, the killing of Kaṁsa. Mercy waits on the prior surgery of dharma.
My note
Source: vedabase.io