Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.49.15
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
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sama-duḥkha-sukhaḥ
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who shared distress and happiness
Compound: sama (equal) + duḥkha + sukha. The technical mark of a true bhakta-friend; Gītā 12.13 lists it among the qualities Kṛṣṇa most loves. Akrūra is named with the exact phrase.
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mahā-yaśāḥ
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most famous
Vidura's epithet — his yaśas comes from his unwavering dharma-vision, not from rank. The Bhāgavata gives him this title because Kṛṣṇa Himself will later go to Vidura's house rather than Duryodhana's palace (Mahābhārata, Udyoga-parva).
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sāntvayām āsatuḥ
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the two of them consoled
Periphrastic perfect, dual number. The dual is doctrinally lovely: two devotees together console one devotee — sat-saṅga as the antidote to viraha.
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utpatti-hetubhiḥ
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with explanations about the origins
Utpatti (birth, arising) + hetu (cause). Devotional consolation in the Bhāgavata is not denial of grief but enlargement of context: see how Kṛṣṇa's hand has been there since the cause.
Akrūra and Vidura reminded Queen Kuntī that her sons were born of heavenly gods and thus could not be vanquished like ordinary mortals. In fact, an extraordinary victory awaited this most pious family.
He and Vidura consoled her by reminding her of the cause of the birth of her sons-- that is,through Dharma, Vayu, Indra and the Asvini Kumaras. Describing the Pandava’s powers, they said such things as, "Being expansions of Dharma and others, who could possibly destroy them?"
The word ca here means “but.” Vidura however was very famous as a friend of the Pāṇḍavas, who sided with them. No harm could come to the sons since they were born of the best devatās. In this way they consoled her. Or, they consoled her by mentioning that the Pāṇḍavas appeared to assist Kṛṣṇa when he appeared to relieve the burden of the earth. This was the cause of their appearance.
Sharing her happiness and distress, Akrūṛa was most affectionate to Kuntī. Vidura by nature favored the Pāṇḍavas. Thus he is called greatly famous (mahā-yasāḥ). Thus they both consoled her. Or both shared her happiness and distress but were famous for qualities like self-control. Thus thought the two should have wept with her, they controlled themselves. Or having all knowledge (mahā-yasāḥ), they knew about the birth of her sons. Since the sons were born from the best devatās, no calamity could befall them. Soon they would have great fortune. What is the use of these talks? Or the causes of their birth was to help Kṛṣṇa to relieve the burden of the earth and spread bhakti.
- What fact have you forgotten under distress that someone could remind you of?
- Where could you be the reminder for someone close to losing memory of grace?
Akrūra and Vidura stand on either side of Kuntī like the two banks of a swollen river, neither stopping its flow nor letting it spill — reminding her that her sons were born already as portions of the devas, that Kṛṣṇa's hand has been on this story from the womb.
Mahābhārata Ādi-parva tells how Kuntī, given a mantra by Durvāsā, invoked Dharma, Vāyu, and Indra to father Yudhiṣṭhira, Bhīma, and Arjuna; Mādrī then invoked the Aśvins for the twins. Pāṇḍu fathered none of them directly — they are deva-aṁśas placed into Pāṇḍu's house by divine arrangement.
This is the 'extraordinary origin' Vidura and Akrūra remind her of. Her sons are not orphans of fortune; their birth was itself a līlā preparing the field for Kṛṣṇa's later work.
My note
Source: vedabase.io