Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.53.39
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
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prema - kalā - baddhāḥ
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bound by the increase of pure love
Compound: prema (pure love) + kalā (portion, growing-phase, also 'art') + baddha (bound). The word prema is the technical highest stage of bhakti in Gauḍīya theology (Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu 1.4). Vyāsa names the citizens' affection prema-kalā — Bhagavān's nearness produces it spontaneously.
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ambikā - ālayam
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the temple of Goddess Ambikā
Compound: Ambikā (Pārvatī as 'Mother') + ālaya (abode). Ambikā in Gauḍīya theology is a Vaiṣṇavī devī — her temples are not rivals to Vaiṣṇavism but stations within it. Rukmiṇī's prayer in verse 46 will confirm this.
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bhaṭaiḥ guptā
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protected by guards
Compound: bhaṭa (guard, soldier) + gupta (protected). The same root gup as in goptṛtve varaṇam (the fourth limb of śaraṇāgati). Outwardly the guards protect; inwardly Rukmiṇī has already chosen Kṛṣṇa as goptā.
Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī quotes the Medinī dictionary’s definition of the word kalā as follows: kalā mūle pravṛddhau syāc chilādāv aṁśa-mātrake. “The word kalā means ‘a root,’ ‘increase,’ ‘a stone’ or ‘a mere part.’”
Under the influence of increased (kala) prema concerning Rukmini they spoke.
The residents spoke among themselves continually in this manner. They were not afraid of Rukmī because they were bound by effects of prema. Kalā means “producing.” Or they were bound by a particle (kalā) of prema which was pleasing to them. That prema was suitable for friendly emotions to the Lord and was exalted. They were bound up tightly by that particle of love. What then to speak of Rukmiṇī and other women? The word ca indicates that Rukmiṇī was aware of what the people spoke. Just as they had prema for her, she experienced prema for them. She also took their speech as an auspicious sign and therefore in joy entered (pra agāt) the Durgā temple.
- Where does your devotion stay verbal when movement to a temple is next?
- What 'walk to the goddess' would complete current speech?
When the heart is ready, the body walks — Rukmiṇī steps out of the inner palace toward Ambikā's temple, but her real journey has been internal all night. The pilgrimage to the goddess is the cover-story; the real destination is the chariot of Hari.
My note
Source: vedabase.io