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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]
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 .
  • 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.
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
Anahankarah (Freedom from False Ego)
Related verses
Concepts
Jiva
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?

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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