Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.52.32
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
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asantuṣṭaḥ
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dissatisfied
Negation of santuṣṭa. The Bhāgavatam pairs the contrastive forms within a single verse to teach by opposition — even Indra-like exaltation is restlessness if santoṣa is absent.
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sura-īśvaraḥ
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the master of the demigods
Compound: sura (demigods) + īśvara (lord). Indra-rank itself does not cure asantoṣa. Gauḍīyas use this verse to mark the inadequacy of any svargic destination — only Kṛṣṇa-prema cures the underlying restlessness.
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akiñcanaḥ
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possessing nothing
Compound: a (not) + kiñcana (anything). The Bhāgavata-honored category of the 'penniless' devotee — the akiñcana is one for whom Kṛṣṇa Himself is the entire kiñcana. Caitanya signs the Śikṣāṣṭaka in this register: na dhanaṁ na janaṁ.
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sarva-aṅga-vijvaraḥ
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all his limbs free of distress
Compound: sarva (all) + aṅga (limb) + vijvara (free from fever). The contentment is corporeally registered — every limb relaxed. The Bhāgavata's somatic theology: śāntiḥ is felt in the body, not abstract.
Those who are unsatisfied feel distress throughout their body, becoming subject to many diseases. A satisfied brāhmaṇa, however, though he may possess nothing, is peaceful and calm, and there is no distress within his body or mind.
The unsatisfied brahmana even it he becomes Indra, wanders from planet to planet, but does not exhaust his thirst for enjoyment; There is an alternate reading: even though he becomes Indra, he does not attain the planets. This means he does not attain satisfaction.
This point is made by showing results of from absence and presence of satisfaction. Because he does not attain satisfaction though attaining what he desired again and again, he attains those planets repeatedly. The satisfied person is free of worries (jvara).
If he is even sometimes satisfied, then he can be peaceful. Or if he is constantly satisfied (asakrt modifying both lines of text), though poor, he rests peacefully. By that satisfaction he is free of body distress like trembling and mental distress like confusion. Cintā jvaro manuṣyāṇām: man’s sickness is worrying.
- Where do you assume position or possession would settle your restlessness?
- What would peace 'though possessing nothing' look like to you?
The unsatisfied brāhmaṇa scuttling across the planets is like a rich man unable to sleep on a king's bed; the satisfied brāhmaṇa with nothing rests as if on Anantaśayya. Bhāgavata economics: possession is not measured by storage but by sleep.
My note
Source: vedabase.io