Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.45.2
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
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sātvata - ṛṣabhaḥ
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greatest of the Sātvatas
Sātvata = the Yadu line, lineage of pure devotees; ṛṣabha = bull, foremost. Kṛṣṇa is here named not by His cosmic title but by His clan, anchoring Him in family — the necessary frame for what follows.
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praśraya
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with humility
Praśraya is the affectionate humility a child offers a parent — distinct from danda-praṇāma to a superior. The word marks the rasa: Kṛṣṇa is not performing protocol, He is enacting filial love.
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amba tāta iti
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'My dear mother, My dear father'
The two address-particles that locate this entire chapter inside vātsalya-rasa. Gauḍīya ācāryas dwell on these syllables — that the Absolute consents to call two human beings 'Mom' and 'Dad' is the very nectar Yogamāyā has just made possible.
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sa - ādaram
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respectfully
Sa-ādara = with ādara, deferential regard. The same Kṛṣṇa whom Brahmā and Indra had to bow to in earlier chapters here offers ādara to His parents — establishing the dharma of filial honor He is about to teach in verses 5-7.
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prīṇan
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gratifying them
Present participle of √prī — to please, to satisfy lovingly. Bhagavān's first act after Kaṁsa's death is not coronation but prīṇana of His parents; the priorities of vātsalya are spelled out in a single participle.
“My dear father,” Kṛṣṇa spoke as follows. How he spread māyā is now described. After freeing them, he sent them home, and then came there. Then he spoke. He engaged others to perform the rites for Kaṁsa and others. He was the best of the Sātvatas: he must therefore show mercy to the Yadus who he had accepted as his family members. On seeing them, he began to show this mercy. Viṣṇu Purāṇa says mohāya yadu-cakrasya vitatāna sa vaiṣṇavīm: he spread yoga-māyā for bewildering the Yadus. He went with Balarāma in order to instil greater faith in his parents. By calling to them, he pleased them and becoming joyful himself, spoke with respect.
“My dear father,” Kṛṣṇa spoke as follows. His parents were standing at a distance out of devotion with knowledge that he was the Lord. Thus he approached them (etya). Or he came forward and embraced them, since he was the protector of devotes (sātvarṣabhaḥ). Or he appeared as the best of the Yadus to manifest unlimited qualities such as affection for the devotees. By giving mercy to his parents, he gave mercy to all the Yadus. Viṣṇu Purāṇa says mohāya yadu-cakrasya vitatāna sa vaiṣṇavīm: he spread yoga-māyā for bewildering the Yadus. He went with Balarāma in order to instil greater faith in his parents. By calling to them, he pleased them, and becoming joyful himself, he spoke with respect.
- Where could you choose to speak more often from inside your family role?
- What title — 'mother', 'father', 'son' — have you let cool because of theology?
Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma walking up to Vasudeva and Devakī and saying 'amba, tāta' is the universe addressing its source as 'Mom, Dad.' He who is approached by śruti through 'neti neti' here approaches His own parents bowing — because in vātsalya, the Lord shrinks Himself to be held.
Throughout Canto 10, the pair-figure of Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma — Bhagavān and His ādi-guru — moves as one bhāva. In Vraja They went to the forest together; here They return to Mathurā's parents together. Gauḍīyas read sa-agrajaḥ as a doctrinal note: even Bhagavān, when entering vātsalya, comes with the principle of guru-tattva at His side, never alone.
My note
Source: vedabase.io