Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.50.12
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
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āyudhāni
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weapons
Plural. In Gauḍīya tattva Kṛṣṇa's weapons (Sudarśana, Kaumodakī, Śārṅga, Pāñcajanya) are eternal associates with personalities — they serve Him as Saṅkarṣaṇa's plough and pestle serve Him. They appear because they are devotees, not because they are tools.
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purāṇāni
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ancient
Purāṇa here means eternal, beginningless — these are not new manufactures but pre-existing transcendental weapons of Viṣṇu, now visible because the līlā requires them.
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hṛṣīkeśaḥ
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Lord Kṛṣṇa, Lord of the senses
Hṛṣīka + īśa — 'master of the senses.' Used at Gītā 1.21 by Arjuna when he asks Kṛṣṇa to drive the chariot between the armies. Same name, same ratha-līlā: Kṛṣṇa as senses-controller at the front of every fight.
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saṅkarṣaṇam
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to Lord Balarāma
Saṅkarṣaṇa — the puller-together, who draws souls into bhakti. Kṛṣṇa speaks to His brother as the elder; Gauḍīyas honor Balarāma as ādi-guru, the original spiritual master from whom Kṛṣṇa-prema flows.
The weapons which were beyond the material world (divyāni) since they were eternal (purāṇāni) arrived with no effort (yadṛcchayā) since they knew the Lord’s intentions, being conscious. halaṁ saṁvartakaṁ nāma saunandaṁ musalaṁ tathā / dhanuṣāṁ pravaraṁ śārṅgaṁ gadā kaumodakī ca ha // The plough was named Saṁvartaka, the pestle was named Saunanda, the bow was named Śārṅga and the club was Kaumodakī. The same four weapons are mentioned in the Viṣṇu Purāṇa. It should be understood that the Lord’s cakra and Balarāma’s bow also appeared since they were useful and are not mentioned as coming from anywhere else. The next verse also mentions that his many favorable weapons appeared. Though Kṛṣṇa was capable of doing everything without words (hṛṣīkeṣaḥ) he spoke to Balarāma who could destroy everything (saṅkarṣaṇam) just by his glance. He spoke using logic while being under the influence of his variegated pastimes (atha).
- What tools have appeared at the right moment in your life that you have under-credited?
- Where would you invoke divine equipment if you trusted it would arrive?
The eternal divine weapons appear of themselves, like dogs running to a master's whistle. Hṛṣīkeśa, the Lord of all senses, turns to Saṅkarṣaṇa — the inner conversation of the two brothers is the very source of cosmic order.
My note
Source: vedabase.io