Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.49.30
श्रीशुक उवाच
इत्यभिप्रेत्य नृपतेरभिप्रायं स यादव: । सुहृद्भि: समनुज्ञात: पुनर्यदुपुरीमगात् ॥ ३० ॥
śrī-śuka uvāca
[shree-shuka uvaacha]
ity abhipretya nṛpater
[ity abhipretya nripater]
abhiprāyaṁ sa yādavaḥ
[abhipraayam sa yaadavah]
suhṛdbhiḥ samanujñātaḥ
[suhridbhih samanujnaatah]
punar yadu-purīm agāt
[punar yadu-pureem agaat]
Word-for-word
śrī - śukaḥ uvāca
—
Śukadeva Gosvāmī said
iti
—
thus
abhipretya
—
ascertaining
nṛpateḥ
—
of the King
abhiprāyam
—
the mentality
saḥ
—
he
yādavaḥ
—
Akrūra, the descendant of King Yadu
suhṛdbhiḥ
—
by his well-wishers
samanujñātaḥ
—
given permission to leave
punaḥ
—
again
yadu - purīm
—
to the city of the Yadu dynasty
agāt
—
went .
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
śrī-śuka uvāca
śrī - śukaḥ uvāca
Śukadeva Gosvāmī said
ity abhipretya nṛpater
iti
thus
abhipretya
ascertaining
nṛpateḥ
of the King
abhiprāyaṁ sa yādavaḥ
abhiprāyam
the mentality
saḥ
he
yādavaḥ
Akrūra, the descendant of King Yadu
suhṛdbhiḥ samanujñātaḥ
suhṛdbhiḥ
by his well-wishers
samanujñātaḥ
given permission to leave
punar yadu-purīm agāt
punaḥ
again
yadu - purīm
to the city of the Yadu dynasty
agāt
went .
Important Words
-
abhipretya
—
ascertaining
Abhi (toward) + pra + √i — to come to a settled understanding. Akrūra does not guess Dhṛtarāṣṭra's mood; he has read it precisely. The Bhāgavata's emissaries are diagnosticians, not couriers only.
-
yādavaḥ
—
the descendant of Yadu
Akrūra is named here by clan — emphasising that he carries Yadu-kula identity into both Hastināpura and Dvārakā, weaving the two cities together by his very person.
-
samanujñātaḥ
—
given permission to leave
Sam (together) + anu (after) + √jñā. Formal Sanskrit for the moment a guest is released by the host's consent. Even in a corrupted court Akrūra preserves the protocols — a Gauḍīya theme: bhaktas are courteous even where dharma has been violated.
-
yadu-purīm
—
to the city of the Yadu dynasty
Dvārakā. Kṛṣṇa's seat. The chapter ends by sending Akrūra back toward the city where the next phase of the līlā — the report — will land in the Lord's own ear.
Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: Having thus apprised himself of the King’s attitude, Akrūra, the descendant of Yadu, took permission from his well-wishing relatives and friends and returned to the capital of the Yādavas.
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura
Gauḍīya
Translation
Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: Having thus apprised himself of the King's attitude, Akrūra, the descendant of Yadu, took permission from his well-wishing relatives and friends and returned to the capital of the Yādavas.
Commentary
Knowing the intention of Dhrtarasta (abhiprayam), who would not give up his partiality to his own sons, Akrura returned to Mathura.
Jīva Gosvāmī
Gauḍīya
Commentary
Understanding that the king would not give up his prejudice, he returned to Mathurā. As a king, Dhṛtarāṣṭra feared that if Yudhiṣṭhira became king (by his showing equality), his reign would be finished. He took permission from the Pāṇḍavas and left.
Related values & verses
Related values
Anahankarah (Freedom from False Ego)
Related verses
BG 15.9
BG 9.1
BG 4.8
BG 10.1
BG 18.64
BG 15.7
BG 2.62
BG 3.11
BG 10.4
BG 12.3
BG 15.2
SB 4.29.2
BG 2.21
BG 16.1
BG 9.11
BG 3.30
BG 7.1
BG 2.66
Concepts
Jiva
Personal Guidance
Having apprised himself of the King's attitude, Akrūra takes permission from well-wishers and returns to the Yādava capital. Reading the room is part of the mission; he doesn't push further when nothing more can be done.
Reflection Questions
- Where do you continue to push when the appropriate response is to take permission and leave?
- How do you discern when more conversation will only entangle?
Analogy
Akrūra reads the room one more time, takes his leave with quiet ceremony, and turns his face back toward Dvārakā. The mission's outer shape is complete; the inner load — what Kṛṣṇa must be told about this court — rides home with him.
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