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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.56.28

यस्येषदुत्कलितरोषकटाक्षमोक्षै- र्वर्त्मादिशत् क्षुभितनक्रतिमिङ्गलोऽब्धि: । सेतु: कृत: स्वयश उज्ज्वलिता च लङ्का रक्ष:शिरांसि भुवि पेतुरिषुक्षतानि ॥ २८ ॥
yasyeṣad-utkalita-roṣa-kaṭākṣa-mokṣair
[yasyeshad-utkalita-rosha-kataaksha-mokshair]
vartmādiśat kṣubhita-nakra-timiṅgalo ’bdhiḥ
[vartmaadishat kshubhita-nakra-timingalo ’bdhih]
setuḥ kṛtaḥ sva-yaśa ujjvalitā ca laṅkā
[setuh kritah sva-yasha ujjvalitaa cha lankaa]
rakṣaḥ-śirāṁsi bhuvi petur iṣu-kṣatāni
[rakshah-shiraamsi bhuvi petur ishu-kshataani]
Word-for-word
yasya — whose īṣat — slightly utkalita — manifested roṣa — from the anger kaṭā - akṣa — of sidelong glances mokṣaiḥ — because of the release vartma — a way ādiśat — showed kṣubhita — agitated nakra — (in which) the crocodiles timiṅgalaḥ — and huge timiṅgila fish abdhiḥ — the ocean setuḥ — a bridge kṛtaḥ — made sva — His own yaśaḥ — fame ujjvalitā — set ablaze ca — and laṅkā — the city of Laṅkā rakṣaḥ — of the demon (Rāvaṇa) śirāṁsi — the heads bhuvi — to the ground petuḥ — fell iṣu — by whose arrows kṣatāni — cut off .
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
yasyeṣad-utkalita-roṣa-kaṭākṣa-mokṣair
yasya
whose
vartmādiśat kṣubhita-nakra-timiṅgalo ’bdhiḥ
īṣat
slightly
utkalita
manifested
roṣa
from the anger
setuḥ kṛtaḥ sva-yaśa ujjvalitā ca laṅkā
kaṭā - akṣa
of sidelong glances
mokṣaiḥ
because of the release
vartma
a way
ādiśat
showed
rakṣaḥ-śirāṁsi bhuvi petur iṣu-kṣatāni
kṣubhita
agitated
nakra
(in which) the crocodiles
timiṅgalaḥ
and huge timiṅgila fish
abdhiḥ
the ocean
setuḥ
a bridge
kṛtaḥ
made
sva
His own
yaśaḥ
fame
ujjvalitā
set ablaze
ca
and
laṅkā
the city of Laṅkā
rakṣaḥ
of the demon (Rāvaṇa)
śirāṁsi
the heads
bhuvi
to the ground
petuḥ
fell
iṣu
by whose arrows
kṣatāni
cut off .
Important Words
  • kaṭā-akṣa — sidelong glance
    Compound: kaṭa (side) + akṣa (eye). The famous kaṭākṣa of Rāma against the ocean — and of Kṛṣṇa against the gopīs. Same eye, two rasas. Jāmbavān names the kaṭākṣa that built the bridge — the same eye now looks at him.
  • setuḥ kṛtaḥ — made a bridge
    Compound idea: setu (bridge) + kṛta (made). The Setu of Rāmeśvaram — the bridge Jāmbavān himself helped build. The verse contains his own autobiographical proof: this is the Lord I served.
  • laṅkā — the city of Laṅkā
    Laṅkā — burned by Hanumān, conquered by Rāma. Jāmbavān cites the very city he helped to besiege, from his own friend Hanumān's exploit. Memory of līlā is itself a stuti.
  • rakṣaḥ-śirāṁsi — the demon's heads
    Compound: rakṣas (demon, here Rāvaṇa) + śirāṁsi (heads, plural). Rāvaṇa's ten heads. The chapter quietly confirms Rāma-Kṛṣṇa-aikya — one Bhagavān across two avatāras.
You are He who impelled the ocean to give way when His sidelong glances, slightly manifesting His anger, disturbed the crocodiles and timiṅgila fish within the watery depths. You are He who built a great bridge to establish His fame, who burned down the city of Laṅkā, and whose arrows severed the heads of Rāvaṇa, which then fell to the ground.
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
You are He who impelled the ocean to give way when His sidelong glances, slightly manifesting His anger, disturbed the crocodiles and timiṅgila fish within the watery depths. You are He who built a great bridge to establish His fame, who burned down the city of Laṅkā, and whose arrows severed the heads of Rāvaṇa, which then fell to the ground.
Commentary

By throwing your slightly angry glance, the ocean, filled with agitated crocodiles and timilinga fish, gave you a path. You built a bridge as well, which is your very fame. You burned down Lanka and, cut off by your arrows, the heads of Ravanawhich fell to the ground. I recognise that you are that Lord.

Jīva Gosvāmī Gauḍīya
Commentary

Though Hanumān burned (ujjvalitā) Laṅkā, it was because of Rāma’s powers. Or Rāma caused Laṅkā to be burned. Since you are like this you are my worshipable Rāma. Or though Rāma is merciful to persons like me in the following manner, you only are like this. Your arrows severed the heads of Rāvaṇa and other Rākṣasas.

Related values & verses
Related values
Bhakti (Devotion)Tejas (Inner Radiance / Vigour)Daksya (Resourcefulness / Skill)
Related verses
SB 1.2BG 14.1 BG 15.7 BG 15.9 BG 3.27 BG 3.3 BG 3.11 BG 9.11 BG 6.35 BG 14.12 BG 12.6 BG 15.2 BG 17.3 BG 5.4 BG 5.18
Concepts
Jiva
Related lectures
Personal Guidance
You are He who impelled the ocean to give way with angry glances, built the bridge to fame, burnt the city of the enemy. Jāmbavān remembers his service in Rāma's earlier līlā; recognition includes memory of long past.
Reflection Questions
  • What past life of service might suddenly inform your recognition of the Lord?
  • How does collective memory across time deepen worship?
Analogy

Mid-stuti, Jāmbavān slips and names Rāmacandra — the bridge, Laṅkā, Rāvaṇa's heads. He cannot quite tell whether he is praising Rāma or Kṛṣṇa. He is, in fact, praising both — and the Bhāgavatam lets the slip stand as doctrine.

Stories
Hanumān's persistence in Rāma-bhajana

Even after Rāma's avatāra ended, Hanumān refused to leave the world — he remained, the tradition says, in every kalpa where Rāma's name is sung. Caitanya-caritāmṛta records his unwavering rāma-bhakti as the model of niṣṭhā.

Jāmbavān, Hanumān's friend, holds the same niṣṭhā in his bones — and here, recognising Rāma in Kṛṣṇa, he can finally hand his daughter to his Lord without breaking faith with his older devotion. The Bhāgavatam settles the apparent conflict by collapsing it: same Bhagavān, two forms.

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