Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.58.38
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
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nārāyaṇa
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O Nārāyaṇa
Nara (men) + ayana (resting place). Kṛṣṇa is here addressed by His Vaiṣṇava cosmic name — Nagnajit signals his doctrinal awareness from the first word. Gauḍīya: Nārāyaṇa is the form of Bhagavān worshipped in Vaikuṇṭha; the king's address is theologically informed.
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ātma - ānandena
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in Your own spiritual pleasure
Compound ātma (self) + ānanda (bliss). Bhagavān is full in His own bliss (ātma-ratiḥ, BG 3.17). Gauḍīya: He needs nothing; whatever a devotee offers He accepts as rasa, not as supplement.
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pūrṇasya
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of the complete
Genitive — to one who is full. Echo of the famous Upaniṣadic mantra (Īśa) — pūrṇam adaḥ pūrṇam idam. Gauḍīya: the fullness of Bhagavān is not abstract; it is the rasa-saturation of His own form.
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karavāṇi - kim
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what can I do
First-person optative + 'what'. The bhakta's foundational question. The king sees the asymmetry honestly: I have nothing to give that is not already Yours. Gauḍīya: this is the right opening of a devotee before Bhagavān.
After Kṛṣṇa had been worshipped (arcitam punaḥ), the king spoke to him. O shelter of all jīvas (nārāyaṇa)! Therefore you are the master of all objects (jagat-pate). What can I, smaller than the smallest (alpakaḥ), do for you, full of your own bliss. He uses the possessive case (purṇasya) which is indirect, to indicate his reverence, though Kṛṣṇa is visible in front of him.
The king again worshipped the Lord, because of great affection or in order to speak to him. O shelter of all jīvas! O protector of the universe! We cannot protect the citizens by levying taxes etc. You depend on nothing else. Your experience bliss in yourself. You have happiness by your nature. Or O Nārāyaṇa! O supreme Lord! O protector of the universe, master of all things! You are full of your own happiness. First the king expressed the Lord who is visible and then invisible out of great respect. What can I do for you, being very small? I can do nothing.
- Where do you presume you can offer the Lord something He needs?
- How does humility shift the welcome?
When the master of the universe stands at a small king's door, the small king must speak the right opening — not to flatter, but to confess the relation truly. Nagnajit's first sentence concedes the asymmetry the whole episode rests upon.
My note
Source: vedabase.io