• guham — Kārttikeya (Guha)
  Skanda's name 'Guha' literally means 'cave-born' or 'secret one.' A poetic resonance with the cave (guhā) in which Mucukunda will soon sleep — the demigods' new general is 'cave-named' just as their old servant retires to a cave.
• svaḥ-pālam — as the protector of heaven
  Compound: svaḥ (heaven, svarga) + pālam (protector). The exact office Mucukunda has been holding. The demigods name the role precisely as they release him — sevā-dharma always names what was done.
• viramatām — please desist
  Imperative of vi-√ram — to cease, retire. A respectful release. The Bhāgavata never depicts demigods commanding a devotee crudely; they speak as supplicants who have now found their solution.
• kṛcchrāt — from the troublesome
  Ablative of kṛcchra — distress, difficulty. The demigods acknowledge his sevā cost him hardship. Even in heavenly service there is kṛcchra; only direct service to Bhagavān is, in the Gauḍīya reading, ultimately ānanda-bearing.
• rājan — O King
  Vocative — even the lokapālas address him with his royal title at the moment of release. The honor is intact; only the burden is lifted.

• What troublesome guardianship in your life has a successor ready but you haven't let go?
• How do you recognize when 'Kārttikeya has arrived'?

A long-serving guard told gently, 'The new captain has arrived — you may rest.' Kārttikeya, Śiva's son, takes over as senā-pati of the demigods, and Mucukunda is honorably discharged. The Bhāgavata stages succession as kindness, not as displacement.