Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.56.35
सत्राजितं शपन्तस्ते दु:खिता द्वारकौकस: ।
उपतस्थुश्चन्द्रभागां दुर्गां कृष्णोपलब्धये ॥ ३५ ॥
satrājitaṁ śapantas te
[satraajitam shapantas te]
duḥkhitā dvārakaukasaḥ
[duhkhitaa dvaarakaukasah]
upatasthuś candrabhāgāṁ
[upatasthush chandrabhaagaam]
durgāṁ kṛṣṇopalabdhaye
[durgaam krishnopalabdhaye]
Word-for-word
satrājitam
—
Satrājit
śapantaḥ
—
cursing
te
—
they
duḥkhitāḥ
—
sorrowful
dvārakā - okasaḥ
—
the residents of Dvārakā
upatasthuḥ
—
worshiped
candrabhāgām
—
Candrabhāgā
durgām
—
Durgā
kṛṣṇa - upalabdhaye
—
in order to obtain Kṛṣṇa .
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
satrājitaṁ śapantas te
satrājitam
Satrājit
śapantaḥ
cursing
te
they
duḥkhitā dvārakaukasaḥ
duḥkhitāḥ
sorrowful
dvārakā - okasaḥ
the residents of Dvārakā
upatasthuś candrabhāgāṁ
upatasthuḥ
worshiped
candrabhāgām
Candrabhāgā
durgāṁ kṛṣṇopalabdhaye
durgām
Durgā
kṛṣṇa - upalabdhaye
in order to obtain Kṛṣṇa .
Important Words
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śapantaḥ
—
cursing
Present participle of √śap. The citizens curse Satrājit — the slanderer of the previous arc is now the cursed. Vaiṣṇava sociology: the body politic of devotees protects Bhagavān's yaśas even before He returns to defend it.
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durgām
—
Durgā
Accusative of Durgā — the Lord's external energy in protective form. Gauḍīya theology positions Durgā as Bhagavān's servant — citizens worship her to obtain Kṛṣṇa, not Kṛṣṇa to obtain her. The grammar holds the hierarchy.
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kṛṣṇa-upalabdhaye
—
in order to obtain Kṛṣṇa
Compound: kṛṣṇa + upalabdhi (obtaining, dative). The whole motive of Durgā-worship, in the Vaiṣṇava reading, is kṛṣṇa-upalabdhi. Any other use of Durgā is a category error.
Cursing Satrājit, the sorrowful residents of Dvārakā approached the Durgā deity named Candrabhāgā and prayed to her for Kṛṣṇa’s return.
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura
Gauḍīya
Translation
Cursing Satrājit, the sorrowful residents of Dvārakā approached the Durgā deity named Candrabhāgā and prayed to her for Kṛṣṇa's return.
Jīva Gosvāmī
Gauḍīya
Commentary
They approached Durgā because they were absorbed in their roles as ordinary people just as the Lord himself acted as an ordinary person. They approached her for the quick attainment (upalabdhaye) of Kṛṣṇa.
Śrīdhara Svāmī
Gauḍīya
Commentary
Devakī and others (te) or all them taking Kṛṣṇa as their very life (te), all people, approached Durgā for attaining Kṛṣṇa quickly, the form of bliss. Being a special śakti of the Lord, she could do this.
Related values & verses
Concepts
Jiva
Personal Guidance
Cursing Satrājit, the sorrowful residents approach the Durgā deity Candrabhāgā and pray for Kṛṣṇa's return. Cursing the cause and praying to the protector go together; complaint and petition coexist.
Reflection Questions
- Where could honest cursing of the cause coexist with sincere prayer for return?
- How do you direct grievance and petition at the right addresses?
Analogy
When Bhagavān seems lost, the devotee turns to His śakti — the citizens go to Candrabhāgā Durgā, who exists to point back to Hari. The Bhāgavata frame: even the demigoddess's purpose is to return Kṛṣṇa.
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