Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.58.1
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
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puruṣa - uttamaḥ
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the Supreme Personality of Godhead
Compound puruṣa (person) + uttamaḥ (highest). The same title Kṛṣṇa applies to Himself in BG 15.18 (puruṣottamaḥ). Śuka chooses this title precisely here because the visit is an act of personalist concern — not impersonal providence but the highest Person walking through a friend's door.
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draṣṭum
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to see
Infinitive of √dṛś. Bhagavān, who sees everything, comes in order to see — to give darśana and to take it. Gauḍīya doctrine: prema requires reciprocity, and the Lord travels great distances to keep the loop closed.
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pratītān
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visible
From prati + √i — having reappeared. The Pāṇḍavas had been hidden during the lac-house episode and the forest exile; now they are pratīta, publicly present again. Kṛṣṇa's visit marks the resumption of dharma's visible reign.
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indraprastham
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to Indraprastha
The city built by Viśvakarmā (referenced later at verse 24). Not Hastināpura — the Pāṇḍavas' own capital, ceded to them by Dhṛtarāṣṭra. Kṛṣṇa visits the city of dharma, not the city of intrigue.
Almost everyone except Lord Kṛṣṇa and Lord Balarāma had thought the Pāṇḍavas perished in the fire set by Duryodhana in the house of lac. Now the Pāṇḍavas had appeared again in public, and Kṛṣṇa was paying them a visit.
In the fifty eighth chapter, Krsna sees the Pandavas and marries five brides, Kalindi, Mitravinda, Satya, Bhadra and Laksmana. Seeing that the Pandavas had reappeared at the house of Drupada, Krsna went to see them with Satyaki and others.
Having finished the side story, after starting to narrate the various marriages of the Lord, Śukadeva continues that narration. He describes the marriage to Kālindī. The Pāṇḍavas were known by everyone to be living because they came back. Kṛṣṇa was glorious with the greatest prosperity (śrīmān) because he was surrounded by Yuyudhāna (Sātyaki) and others. He was the best of men because he showed proper affection for his devotees. Sātyaki was with him as the principle person because he was dear to the Pāṇḍavas.
Having finished the side story in starting to narrate the various marriages of the Lord, Śukadeva continues that narration. He describes the marriage to Kālindī. Kṛṣṇa, who had all qualities of a good person, such as affection for devotees (puruṣottamaḥ), went to Indraprastha when the Pāṇḍavas were visible there (pratītān), to see them. Previously the Pāṇḍavas lived with Duryodhana in Hastinapura, but after marrying Draupadi at her father’s house, by the order of Bhīṣma, Dhṛtarāṣṭra gave them half the kingdom. This is described in detail in the Ādi-pārva of Mahābhārata. Kṛṣṇa was glorious with great wealth. He went to give them all wealth, since they had suffered for a long time. He went with Sātyaki because he was a main Yādu and dear to the Pāṇḍavas. Balarāma did not go. Being the guru of Duryodhana, he was not particularly friendly with the Pāṇḍavas. Or his association was not proper when Kṛṣṇa was to marry Kālindī. Or he went to see the Pāṇḍavas who now lived (itān) at (prati) Indraprastha.
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- Whose 'reappearance' in your life is overdue for a visit?
- How do you mark the end of someone else's hiding with proper attention?
When the rightful king of a city returns after long absence, his ministers in exile come out to meet him — not because he has forgotten where they are, but because His visit is itself the proof that they remain in His thought. Kṛṣṇa walks into Indraprastha as that very gesture: puruṣottama coming to His own.
Earlier in the Bhāgavatam (10.49), Kṛṣṇa had sent Akrūra to console Kuntī and the Pāṇḍavas during their hidden years. The visit in this verse closes that arc — the same Lord who once sent a representative now comes Himself, because His devotees have re-emerged into public life.
Gauḍīyas read both moments as one rasa: Bhagavān never forgets His own. The form of His remembrance escalates with their need.
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Source: vedabase.io