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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.62.28

तत: प्रव्यथितो बाणो दुहितु: श्रुतदूषण: । त्वरित: कन्यकागारं प्राप्तोऽद्राक्षीद् यदूद्वहम् ॥ २८ ॥
tataḥ pravyathito bāṇo
[tatah pravyathito baano]
duhituḥ śruta-dūṣaṇaḥ
[duhituh shruta-dooshanah]
tvaritaḥ kanyakāgāraṁ
[tvaritah kanyakaagaaram]
prāpto ’drākṣīd yadūdvaham
[praapto ’draaksheed yadoodvaham]
tataḥ — then pravyathitaḥ — very agitated bāṇaḥ — Bāṇāsura duhituḥ — of his daughter śruta — having heard of dūṣaṇaḥ — the corruption tvaritaḥ — quickly kanyakā — of the unmarried girls āgāram — the quarters prāptaḥ — reaching adrākṣīt — he saw yadu - udvaham — the most eminent of the Yadus .
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
tataḥ pravyathito bāṇo
tataḥ
then
pravyathitaḥ
very agitated
bāṇaḥ
Bāṇāsura
duhituḥ śruta-dūṣaṇaḥ
duhituḥ
of his daughter
śruta
having heard of
dūṣaṇaḥ
the corruption
tvaritaḥ kanyakāgāraṁ
tvaritaḥ
quickly
kanyakā
of the unmarried girls
āgāram
the quarters
prāpto ’drākṣīd yadūdvaham
prāptaḥ
reaching
adrākṣīt
he saw
yadu - udvaham
the most eminent of the Yadus .
  • pravyathitaḥ — very agitated
    Past participle of pra + √vyath. Beyond ordinary anger — Bāṇa is shaken to the foundation. Gauḍīyas note: pride that has had no rival for a lifetime collapses inward when it finally encounters its limit, and the body shows it first.
  • yadu-udvaham — the most eminent of the Yadus
    Compound: yadu + udvaham (the one who carries forward, the standard-bearer). The narrator's name for Aniruddha — not Bāṇa's. The poet stamps the verse with His true identity before Bāṇa even sees Him.
  • kanyakā-āgāram — the quarters of the unmarried girls
    Compound: kanyakā (maiden) + āgāram (chamber). The innermost private room. The Bhāgavatam's geography is precise — and now the most private space and the most public general (Bāṇa) collide. The chapter is at its narrative crux.
  • adrākṣīt — he saw
    Aorist of √dṛś. The same verb that names darśana — the seeing of the Lord. The verb is doing the work the verse's grammar refuses to say outright: Bāṇa, for an instant, is granted darśana, even if he cannot read it as such.
Very agitated to hear of his daughter’s corruption, Bāṇāsura rushed at once to the maidens’ quarters. There he saw the pride of the Yadus, Aniruddha.
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Very agitated to hear of his daughter's corruption, Bāṇāsura rushed at once to the maidens' quarters. There he saw the pride of the Yadus, Aniruddha.
Jīva Gosvāmī Gauḍīya
Commentary

He came to her quarters secretly (pra—āptaḥ) and saw the best of the Yadus.

Śrīdhara Svāmī Gauḍīya
Commentary

On hearing of his daughter’s corruption from the guards (tataḥ) he went to her room, in pain, but quietly, secretly.

Related values
Anahankarah (Freedom from False Ego)
Related verses
Concepts
Jiva
Agitated by the report, Bāṇa rushed to the maidens' quarters and saw the pride of the Yadus, Aniruddha. We often run to confront the source of our distress and find ourselves face to face with the Lord's own glory.
Reflection Questions
  • What in my life have I treated as a problem that turned out to be a doorway?
  • How might I greet, rather than attack, the unexpected glory that has entered my world?

Like a father bursting into his daughter's room only to find a thunderhead seated on her cushion, Bāṇa rushes in expecting to scold a girl and meets instead 'the pride of the Yadus.' Bhakti enters precisely where it is unwelcome; the Lord chooses the moment of His own discovery.

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