Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.57.2
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
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bhīṣmam
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Bhīṣma
Grandsire of the Kurus, one of the twelve mahājanas (SB 6.3.20). Gauḍīyas hold him as a paramount śānta- and dāsya-bhakta whose śara-śayyā discourse at SB 1.9 is the canonical death-meditation on Kṛṣṇa.
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tulya - duḥkhau
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both equally sorrowful
Compound: tulya (equal) + duḥkhau (sorrowful, dual). Bhagavān matches the grief of His devotees down to the measure. Gauḍīyas read this as the precise mechanism of Kṛṣṇa's bhakta-vātsalya — He does not stand outside their pain, He stands level with it.
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hā kaṣṭam
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alas, how painful
The lament idiom of human grief, placed in Kṛṣṇa's mouth. Acintya-bhedābheda at the level of language: the Supreme says exactly what a stricken nephew would say, without thereby ceasing to be the Supreme.
Śrīla Śrīdhara Svāmī points out that those who were involved in the assassination attempt were of course not at all sorry to hear of the Pāṇḍavas’ death. The persons specifically mentioned here, however — Bhīṣma, Kṛpa, Vidura, Gāndhārī and Droṇa — were actually unhappy to hear of the supposed tragedy.
Though knowing that the Pandavas had escaped through a tunnel, hearing that the Pandavas and Kunti were burned, he went to the Kurus to perform the necessary rites.
Bhīṣma is described with Vidura (sa-viduram) since they had similar desires or were both devotees of Kṛṣṇa. Or that day they by chance were together. Bhīṣma is mentioned first because they met Bhīṣma first, since he was most respected. The others are in the order that they met them on the path. The two, as well as Vidura (who also knew the truth), imitated grief like the others. Gathering with them, they all cried loudly (ha).
By showing conviction that the Pāṇḍavas were burned, evil Duryodhana hoped that attempts to find news of the Pāṇḍavas living would cease. The word ca indicates all the persons mentioned and Dhṛtarāṣṭra and others. Even Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma (ca) lamented. Vidura is mentioned with Bhīṣma and Kṛpa because he wanted to comfort them. Or he is mentioned as a secondary figure because he was a devotee in that group. Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma are mentioned at the end to show that they showed equal sorrow with Bhīṣma and others. Gathering with them they cried out loudly (hā). The elders such as Bhīṣma are mentioned first. Gāndhārī was superior to Droṇa. Because he came later, Kṛpa is considered inferior.
- Where do you suppress matched grief because you don't share the loss?
- How could performed sorrow be honest service to mourners?
Kṛṣṇa cries with Bhīṣma and Gāndhārī the way an actor weeps real tears for a script He helped to write. The sorrow is not pretense and not ignorance; it is the Person stooping into the form of a grieving kinsman so that the kinsmen can be consoled.
My note
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