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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.56.25

कृष्णमुष्टिविनिष्पातनिष्पिष्टाङ्गोरुबन्धन: । क्षीणसत्त्व: स्विन्नगात्रस्तमाहातीव विस्मित: ॥ २५ ॥
kṛṣṇa-muṣṭi-viniṣpāta
[krishna-mushti-vinishpaata]
niṣpiṣṭāṅgoru bandhanaḥ
[nishpishtaangoru bandhanah]
kṣīṇa-sattvaḥ svinna-gātras
[ksheena-sattvah svinna-gaatras]
tam āhātīva vismitaḥ
[tam aahaateeva vismitah]
Word-for-word
kṛṣṇa - muṣṭi — of Lord Kṛṣṇa’s fists viniṣpāta — by the blows niṣpiṣṭa — pummeled aṅga — of whose body uru — huge bandhanaḥ — the muscles kṣīṇa — diminished sattvaḥ — whose strength svinna — perspiring gātraḥ — whose limbs tam — to Him āha — he spoke atīva — extremely vismitaḥ — astonished .
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
kṛṣṇa-muṣṭi-viniṣpāta
kṛṣṇa - muṣṭi
of Lord Kṛṣṇa’s fists
viniṣpāta
by the blows
niṣpiṣṭāṅgoru bandhanaḥ
niṣpiṣṭa
pummeled
aṅga
of whose body
uru
huge
bandhanaḥ
the muscles
kṣīṇa-sattvaḥ svinna-gātras
kṣīṇa
diminished
sattvaḥ
whose strength
svinna
perspiring
gātraḥ
whose limbs
tam āhātīva vismitaḥ
tam
to Him
āha
he spoke
atīva
extremely
vismitaḥ
astonished .
Important Words
  • kṣīṇa-sattvaḥ — whose strength is diminished
    Compound: kṣīṇa (diminished) + sattva (strength, also the guṇa of clarity). The exhaustion of one's own balam is the opening of another seeing. Gauḍīya emphasis: bhakti often begins where self-strength ends — exactly the Bhāgavatam's repeated pattern (Gajendra, Draupadī, Bhīṣma).
  • svinna-gātraḥ — whose limbs are perspiring
    Compound: svinna (perspiring) + gātra (limb). Sweat as the body's white-flag. The bodily sign of effort and surrender at once — the Bhāgavatam will use the same word-field for the gopīs' rasa-laden labour.
  • vismitaḥ — astonished
    Past participle of vi + √smi. Astonishment is the rasa that marks the breaking-in of Bhagavān's true form. Gauḍīya rasa-śāstra calls vismaya the foundational rasa of adbhuta — the wonder that turns into worship.
His bulging muscles pummeled by the blows of Lord Kṛṣṇa’s fists, his strength faltering and his limbs perspiring, Jāmbavān, greatly astonished, finally spoke to the Lord.
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
His bulging muscles pummeled by the blows of Lord Kṛṣṇa's fists, his strength faltering and his limbs perspiring, Jāmbavān, greatly astonished, finally spoke to the Lord.
Commentary

His huge muscles were beaten by Krsna. He considered, who can be stronger than me except Rama? Remembering those old thoughts, with surprise, he concluded that this must be his lord.

Jīva Gosvāmī Gauḍīya
Commentary

Kṛṣṇa beat him in a special manner: by using two fists without noise, and while using one fist with a huge noise. Jāmbavān was most astonished because he had not seen such abilities manifested in even Rāma.

Related values & verses
Related values
Aparigraha (Non-possessiveness)Bhakti (Devotion)Vairagya (Detachment / Dispassion)Karuna (Kindness / Compassion)
Related verses
BG 14.1 BG 9.11 BG 12.6 BG 17.3 BG 5.18 BG 18.1 BG 3.10 BG 18.64 BG 10.3 BG 10.4 BG 7.8 BG 18.37 SB 4.29.1 BG 3.9 BG 17.20
Concepts
Sattva
Related lectures
Personal Guidance
Jāmbavān's bulging muscles pummeled, strength faltering, limbs perspiring, he finally — astonished — speaks to the Lord. Exhaustion produces recognition; one breaks down before the obvious truth appears.
Reflection Questions
  • What exhaustion is preparing recognition in your current battle?
  • Where could surrender follow honest pummeling?
Analogy

The great bear's body finally remembers its limits — and in that exhaustion, jñāna rises like a deferred dawn. The Bhāgavatam is unsentimental: the bear had to be emptied of his strength before he could be filled with his Lord.

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