Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.44.1
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
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carcita
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fixed, settled, deliberated upon
Past participle of √carc (to consider, repeat). His resolve is not a flash of temper at the insult; it is something already chewed over. Gauḍīyas read this as evidence that Kaṁsa's death is a līlā-saṅkalpa, not a reaction.
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saṅkalpaḥ
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determination, resolve
From sam + √kḷp. The will of Bhagavān; the same word used for the cosmic resolve that begins creation. When Kṛṣṇa's saṅkalpa fixes on you — as devotee or as demon — the outcome is already past.
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madhusūdanaḥ
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slayer of the Madhu demon
Compound: madhu (the demon) + sūdana (slayer). The name itself names His office in this scene — the One who removes demons. The poet picks the demon-slayer epithet just as He turns toward the wrestler.
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rohiṇī - sutaḥ
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the son of Rohiṇī (Balarāma)
Compound: rohiṇī (His mother) + sutaḥ (son). Balarāma is named through His mother — the Gauḍīya pattern of identifying the Lord's expansions through their relational anchor, never as free-floating powers.
The forty fourth chapter describes the killing of the wrestlers and Kamsa, consolation of the wives of Kamsa, and Krsna and Balarama meeting their mother and father. Thinking (carcita) with determination "I will kill Canura" he approached him.
Though Kṛṣṇa was endowed with unlimited power as Bhagavān, and thus could kill the wrestlers merely by his will, he confronted Cāṇūra in order to have some fun at wrestling. Though he could kill him immediately, he did so after playing at wrestling for a long time, as in the killing of the Madhu demon. Lokavat tu līlā-kaivalyam: the Lord is absorbed in his pastimes, as in ordinary life. (Vedānta-sutra 2.1.33) After that, Balarāma approached Muṣṭika.
- Where do you refuse unfair contests when accepting them with Kṛṣṇa-confidence could be the answer?
- What 'pairing off' has been waiting for your decisive yes?
Kṛṣṇa walking into the arena toward Cāṇūra is the Lord stepping unhurried into a fixed appointment — like a king who has already drawn the map of a war and now simply arrives at the day. The saṅkalpa is older than the wrestler; the meeting only makes visible what was already settled.
My note
Source: vedabase.io