Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.43.3
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
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śauriḥ
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Lord Kṛṣṇa
'Descendant of Śūra' — invoking Kṛṣṇa's Yadu-kṣatriya lineage at the exact moment He acts in kṣatriya-dharma. The same name is used in 10.1 of His birth-night; the warrior's blood that descended into Vasudeva's house is now visible at the arena gate.
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kuṭila-alakān
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His curly locks
Even in combat the Bhāgavatam pauses on Kṛṣṇa's curls. Mādhurya does not vanish when līlā turns fierce; it is bound up briefly, like a hair-tie before battle, and then released. A contiguous-token join of synonyms 'kuṭila' and 'alakān'.
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megha-nāda
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like the sound of a cloud
The Vedic register for Kṛṣṇa's grave voice. The same simile is used for His conch (Pāñcajanya) in the Gītā and for Rāma's voice in Vālmīki — the voice of Bhagavān always carries the rumble of a coming rain, terrifying to demons, refreshing to devotees. A contiguous-token join of synonyms 'megha' and 'nāda'.
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hasti-pam
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to the elephant-keeper
Kṛṣṇa speaks first to the mahout, not the elephant. Even in killing the demon He upholds the protocol of warning the responsible party — the same protocol later used with Cāṇūra (43.36–38) and Kaṁsa himself (44).
Lord Kṛṣṇa was obviously preparing for a fight. According to Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura, the Lord put aside His jacket, tightened His belt and tied back His hair.
Krsna took off his shirt and bound his clothing with a belt. He placed garlands and other dangling objects over his shoulder. Though he tucked his curly locks under his turban with his fingers, at the time of combat he feared that they would become loose, so he also tied his upper cloth around his head.
In order to give bliss to the dynasties of warriors, he now acted like a warrior (śauriḥ). Taking off his jacket, he bound a sash around his dhoti and put on a long garland over his shoulders. This garland will be described in verse 19. Previously his naturally curly long hair had been combed and hidden beneath a shining turban. At this time he bound his locks tightly with his upper cloth for fear that they would be scattered while wrestling. Another version with samūhya instead of samuhya is poetic license. It was proper to completely bind his locks since in killing the wicked there should be nothing blocking his face (and thus the demons would derive benefit from seeing his beauty). According to Śrīdhara Svāmī he put on his cloth and then tied up the cloth (baddhvā parikāram) since it had fallen out of place. Or, baddhvā parikāram can mean “he put on the cloth.”
- Where do you speak gravely without first settling your body?
- What small preparatory act could give your serious words real weight?
Before lifting Govardhana, Kṛṣṇa first speaks. Before slaying Kuvalayāpīḍa, He first binds His cloth and ties back His hair, then speaks with thunder. The Lord's violence is always preceded by His voice — judgement first, action second, like a cloud that rumbles before it strikes.
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