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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.64.5

तत्रागत्यारविन्दाक्षो भगवान् विश्वभावन: । वीक्ष्योज्जहार वामेन तं करेण स लीलया ॥ ५ ॥
tatrāgatyāravindākṣo
[tatraagatyaaravindaaksho]
bhagavān viśva-bhāvanaḥ
[bhagavaan vishva-bhaavanah]
vīkṣyojjahāra vāmena
[veekshyojjahaara vaamena]
taṁ kareṇa sa līlayā
[tam karena sa leelayaa]
tatra — there āgatya — going aravinda - akṣaḥ — lotus-eyed bhagavān — the Supreme Lord viśva — of the universe bhāvanaḥ — the maintainer vīkṣya — seeing ujjahāra — picked up vāmena — left tam — it kareṇa — with His hand saḥ — He līlayā — easily .
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
tatrāgatyāravindākṣo
tatra
there
āgatya
going
aravinda - akṣaḥ
lotus-eyed
bhagavān viśva-bhāvanaḥ
bhagavān
the Supreme Lord
viśva
of the universe
bhāvanaḥ
the maintainer
vīkṣyojjahāra vāmena
vīkṣya
seeing
ujjahāra
picked up
vāmena
left
taṁ kareṇa sa līlayā
tam
it
kareṇa
with His hand
saḥ
He
līlayā
easily .
  • aravinda - akṣaḥ — lotus-eyed
    Aravinda (lotus) + akṣa (eye). The standard Bhāgavata epithet for Kṛṣṇa at moments of rescue — His glance precedes His hand. Gauḍīyas read His eye as the first instrument of deliverance; the touch comes second.
  • viśva - bhāvanaḥ — maintainer of the universe
    Viśva (the all) + bhāvana (one who maintains, brings into being). Lifting a lizard out of a well, He is simultaneously the one holding all worlds in being. The asymmetry of effort and magnitude is the whole point.
  • vāmena — with the left (hand)
    Instrumental of vāma (left). The same left hand that lifted Govardhana (SB 10.25). For Kṛṣṇa, deliverance is so light a matter He performs it with the secondary hand — the poet's signal that this is līlā, not exertion.
  • līlayā — easily, playfully
    Instrumental of līlā. The technical Gauḍīya term: Kṛṣṇa's every act is play, including rescue. Effortlessness is not indifference — it is the precise mode of His sovereignty.
The lotus-eyed Supreme Lord, maintainer of the universe, went to the well and saw the lizard. Then with His left hand He easily lifted it out.
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
The lotus-eyed Supreme Lord, maintainer of the universe, went to the well and saw the lizard. Then with His left hand He easily lifted it out.
Jīva Gosvāmī Gauḍīya
Commentary

Kṛṣṇa’s eyes opened wide with astonishment, like a blossoming lotus (aravindākṣaḥ). He came there and saw the lizard. With his left hand, very easily he lifted it out, in a manner which attracted all (uj--jahāra), since he was the protector of all beings (viśva-bhāvanaḥ) and he was all powerful (bhagavān).

Śrīdhara Svāmī Gauḍīya
Commentary

Kṛṣṇa easily lifted the lizard since he by his will he creates the universe, since he manifests unlimited qualities like compassion (bhagavān). His eyes were like lotuses, opening wide and glancing with mercy. Or just by his glance he gave relief from all suffering. He used his left hand directly or grasped a rope with his left hand.

Related values
Anahankarah (Freedom from False Ego)Kshama (Forgiveness / Patience)Aparigraha (Non-possessiveness)Karuna (Kindness / Compassion)
Related verses
Concepts
Bhava
The lotus-eyed Lord went to the well and, with His left hand, easily lifted out the creature. What is impossible for many young hands together is effortless for the Lord's casual gesture.
Reflection Questions
  • What heavy thing in my life is asking for Kṛṣṇa's left hand rather than my exhausted struggle?
  • How does watching Kṛṣṇa do what I could not change my idea of where strength lies?

The same hand that holds the Sudarśana, that lifted Govardhana for seven days, that pulled the calves out of Aghāsura's belly — now lifts a lizard with the left hand, easily, as if it were nothing. For Bhagavān every uddhāra is līlā; for the rescued, every uddhāra is the whole world.

Gajendra-uddhāra

Gajendra, the elephant-king, was caught in the jaws of a crocodile and could not free himself with all his strength. At the last breath he cried out a single śloka of surrender; Viṣṇu descended on Garuḍa and lifted him out with one stroke of the cakra (SB 8.2–3).

Nṛga's well is Gajendra's lake in a different key — a fallen king, trapped in a body not his own, lifted by the same hand. The Bhāgavatam keeps repeating this gesture: Kṛṣṇa's līlā-haste is the only rope that finally works.

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