Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.52.5
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
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bhagavān
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the Lord
From root √bhaj. Per Viṣṇu Purāṇa 6.5.47, Bhagavān possesses all six opulences in full — wealth, strength, fame, beauty, knowledge, renunciation. The title flags that even this mundane-looking treasure-recovery is a Bhagavān-līlā, not a war chief's raid.
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yavana-veṣṭitām
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surrounded by the Yavanas
Compound: yavana (the barbarian invader, here Kālayavana's remnant army) + veṣṭitām (surrounded). The siege image emphasizes that Mathurā is suffocated; Kṛṣṇa's return is decompressive, restoring breath to the city.
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mleccha-balam
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the army of barbarians
Compound. Mleccha denotes those outside Vedic dharma. The Bhāgavatam uses the term descriptively, not racially — the army's defining feature is its lawless conduct, and Kṛṣṇa removes it as a surgeon removes infection.
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dvārakām
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to Dvārakā
Dvārakā literally means 'the city of many gates' — Kṛṣṇa's island-fortress capital. Gauḍīyas hold Dvārakā as the seat of aiśvarya-līlā (majestic pastimes), contrasted with Vraja as the seat of mādhurya. Wealth flowing toward Dvārakā fits the rasa.
It is clear from this verse that Kālayavana alone pursued Lord Kṛṣṇa into the mountain cave. When Kṛṣṇa returned to the besieged city of Mathurā, He eliminated the vast barbarian army.
Killing the enemy army, he began to take (ninye) the booty to Dvaraka.
Instead of purīṁ yavana-veṣṭitām sometimes madhurāṁ yavane hate is seen.
The Lord endowed with all powers (bhagavān), Kṛṣṇa, easily killed the armies since they were without their leader and ordered their wealth be taken to Dvārakā.
- What paused project of yours is yet to be returned to and finished?
- Where could you trust that pauses are integral to plans, not abandonment?
Kṛṣṇa returns to Mathurā the way a homeowner returns to a house ringed by stray dogs — He does not negotiate; He clears the porch, takes what belongs to His people, and brings it home to Dvārakā. The wealth removed is not greed; it is the dharmic recovery of what the Yavanas seized from sages and citizens.
My note
Source: vedabase.io