• patiḥ — husband
  From √pā (to protect, to maintain). 'Husband' in Sanskrit is the protector — the same root that names Bhagavān as jagat-pati. Each princess unknowingly addresses Him by His real title.
• dhātā — providence, the arranger
  From √dhā (to place, ordain). Dhātṛ is one of Brahmā's names — the one who places things in their stations. Each princess prays to dhātā to grant her wish; Gauḍīyas note that the dhātā in this case is Bhagavān Himself, already standing in front of her.
• kṛṣṇe — in Kṛṣṇa
  Locative of Kṛṣṇa. The princesses 'place their hearts in Kṛṣṇa' — the locative is the bhakta's home case. Gauḍīyas read hṛdayaṁ dadhuḥ as a model of antaḥkaraṇa-arpaṇa, the offering of the inner faculty.
• bhāvena — with the idea, with emotion
  Instrumental of bhāva — the technical Gauḍīya term for the second stage of bhakti (sādhana-bhakti → bhāva-bhakti → prema-bhakti). The princesses' choice is not a calculation; it is a bhāva.

• Padaseva Pr SB 10-59-35 Oriya
  His Grace Padaseva Prabhu· Oriya

• Where does your petition continue as ongoing absorption?
• What if every prayer turned into sustained contemplation?

Sixteen thousand small candles, each turning toward the same window where the sun has appeared — and each flame imagining the sun is hers. The miracle of verse 35 is that none of the candles is wrong. Kṛṣṇa belongs to each individually; the others' love does not subtract from one's own.