Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.58.2
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
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mukundam
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Kṛṣṇa, the giver of liberation
From mukti (liberation) + dā (giver). But Gauḍīyas read mukti here in its devotional sense — not merger but eternal service. The Pāṇḍavas do not stand up to be liberated from existence; they stand up because the giver of life Himself has arrived.
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akhila
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of everything
From a (not) + khila (a part). Literally the not-partial, the entire. Kṛṣṇa is īśvara not of a region but of akhila — yet He walks into one room and is greeted as a beloved nephew. Acintya-bhedābheda in action.
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prāṇāḥ
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the senses (life airs)
The verse's central simile: as prāṇas rise together when the life air returns, so the Pāṇḍavas rise when Kṛṣṇa arrives. Vedānta calls prāṇa the inner controller of the indriyas; the Bhāgavatam reveals the controller of prāṇa Himself.
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yugapat
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simultaneously
All at once — no first, no second. Five brothers rising in one instant is the bodily form of ekā-tāna, single-pointed bhāva. Sakhya-rasa in its physical expression.
The metaphor used here is quite poetic. When a person is unconscious, the senses do not function. But when consciousness returns to the body, all the senses spring to life at once and begin functioning. Similarly, the Pāṇḍavas all stood up at once, enlivened to receive their Lord, Śrī Kṛṣṇa.
They all rose just like the senses (prana) which become active at the return of the life air (mukhya).
Kṛṣṇa is here called the Lord of all (akhileśvaram) because he came swiftly, unannounced to their house. He is called Mukunda because just by seeing him they felt disappearance of all sorrow and attainment of the highest bliss. Simultaneous to seeing him, they rose from their seats because they were the sons of Pṛthā, the object of most affection for Kṛṣṇa among his aunts. They were vīraḥ (valiant) because they quickly stood up, like the five senses (prāṇāḥ) on the return of the life air. The life air returns by the influence of mahauṣadhi herbs and spreads throughout the body.
Kṛṣṇa was the Lord of all (akhileśvaram), but came to their house. He is called Mukunda because just by seeing him they felt the highest bliss. Seeing him, they all rose up at once from their seats. Or after not seeing him for a long time, they came back to life as if from dying. They were sons of his paternal aunt (pārthāḥ) and greatly endowed with bhakti (vīrāḥ), capable of attaining the unattainable. An example of rising together is given. The prāṇa which has almost departed because of injury, again returns and becomes active as if standing up.
- What 'standing up at once' does Kṛṣṇa's name produce in you?
- Where do you forget that He is the life air?
When the life-breath returns to a body that has been still, every sense leaps awake at once — eye, ear, tongue, skin, mind — because they live only by what He carries. The Pāṇḍavas standing up in unison is that physiological truth made visible: Kṛṣṇa is the prāṇa of His devotees.
My note
Source: vedabase.io