Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.54.24
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
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vikṛṣya
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drawing (the bow)
Gerund of vi-√kṛṣ. Beautiful pun: the same root that gives Kṛṣṇa His name (one explanation: 'kṛṣ' = 'to attract'). Rukmī 'kṛṣ'-es his bow toward Kṛṣṇa; the One whose business is attraction permits the gesture.
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tribhiḥ
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with three
Three arrows. Note the count throughout this fight — three here, six in v. 26, eight + two + three in v. 27. Vyāsa records the arithmetic to underline Kṛṣṇa's exactitude: each shot answered with precise measure, never with rage.
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kula-pāṁsana
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O corrupter of the dynasty (or: O master and slayer-of-enemies of the Yadu dynasty)
Kula (family) + pāṁsana (one who reduces to dust). Śrīdhara Svāmī (per Prabhupāda's purport) re-parses as kula-pa + aṁsana — 'master of the Yadu dynasty, expert killer of enemies.' Same insult, opposite meaning. Sanskrit again refuses to truly insult the Lord.
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yadūnām
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of the Yadus
Genitive plural. Rukmī tries to drive a wedge between Kṛṣṇa and 'His' dynasty. The Bhāgavatam's response is the whole rest of Canto 10 — the Yadus are not only Kṛṣṇa's family but a manifestation of His own internal energy.
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jaghne
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he struck
Perfect of √han. The verb for killing — used here for striking that cannot kill. Kṛṣṇa's body is acyuta; the verb's force runs into a wall. Vyāsa uses violent vocabulary to display violence's emptiness against Bhagavān.
Śrīla Śrīdhara Svāmī points out that kula-pāṁsana may be understood as a combination of the words kula-pa, “O master of the Yadu dynasty,” and aṁsana, “O expert killer of enemies.” The ācārya gives the grammatical details that make this interpretation possible.
Kula pamsana can mean "O defiler of your dynasty" But it can also mean "O protector of the dynasty! O killer of enemies! (kula pa, amsana)." Are Ksanam tistha can mean "Stand there a moment." It can also mean: ara iksanam tistha. "Stand so that I may glance upon you."
By ignoring Rukmī, with a desiring to incite him further, Kṛṣṇa ignored his call and kept moving. Rukmī then shot at him with arrows from behind. Again he spoke as Kṛṣṇa kept moving. Or when he called, Kṛṣṇa faced him. He then spoke with the pride of a warrior. “Stop for a moment, O enemy!” Or the real meaning can be “Please stop so that I may see you quickly (kṣanam).” Kṣaṇam can mean “quickly.”
- Where do your epithets weaponize what could be neutral description?
- What words could you stop using in arguments?
Three arrows pierce the Body that is the support of all bodies — and Kṛṣṇa lets them. Like a father absorbing a child's slap and waiting for the tantrum to spend itself, the Lord receives Rukmī's first volley as part of the līlā He has staged.
My note
Source: vedabase.io