Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.52.19
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
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amita-tejasaḥ
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of immeasurable potency
Compound: amita (unlimited) + tejas (radiance, prowess). A standard epithet but loaded — even when 'imitating human behavior,' Kṛṣṇa's tejas is amita. The phrase reminds the hearer that the upcoming bride-recovery is the work of an unlimited Lord, not a clever prince.
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kanyām-upāharat
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He took away the bride
Phrase: kanyā (maiden) + upa-√hṛ (to carry off). The same verb root used for sacrificial offerings — Sūta's diction makes the bride-rescue resonate with yajña vocabulary. The rescue is itself an offering, made by Kṛṣṇa to Himself.
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māgadha-śālva-ādīn
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Jarāsandha, Śālva, and other (kings)
Compound listing the principal adversaries. Both Jarāsandha and Śālva return as recurring antagonists across Canto 10 — the dynastic-coalition of asurika kings that the Lord systematically dismantles.
We should not think that Śrī Kṛṣṇa was actually afraid of Jarāsandha. In the very next chapter we will find that Śrī Kṛṣṇa easily defeats Jarāsandha and his soldiers. Thus we should never doubt the supreme prowess of Lord Kṛṣṇa.
I desire to hear the method by which Kṛṣṇa took Rukmiṇī. I have heard the general statement. Now describe the details. This is Śrīdhara Svāmī’s explanation. Since he had unlimited powers to take her immediately, he must have done this in pleasing manner.
I desire to hear the method by which Kṛṣṇa took Rukmiṇī. Plural is used to indicate humility, including all others present (we wish to hear). The reason is that is about Kṛṣṇa. You know this since your omniscient (bhagavan). Or I wish to hear about Kṛṣṇa who is your deity, full of the highest bliss, who has unlimited powers (amita-tejasaḥ). This indicates his valor, which is most sweet. Or I wish to hear about Kṛṣṇa, most clever, of unlimited power. Though capable of immediately stealing Rukimiṇī, he will do this with cleverness as a sweet pastimes.
- Where do you settle for spiritual headlines when story would teach more?
- What story have you been asking the wrong way?
Parīkṣit wants to know not the result but the method — how the bride was actually carried away. Like a student asking not 'who won?' but 'show me the play-by-play,' he is asking for līlā at full fidelity, the kind of telling that lets prema enter through the ear.
My note
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