Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.64.9
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
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ananta - mūrtinā
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by Him whose forms are unlimited
Ananta (limitless) + mūrti (form). Śukadeva quietly inserts the doctrinal point: the Kṛṣṇa standing before Nṛga is the same Lord who pervades all forms. Nṛga is not just speaking to a Yadu prince; he is speaking to viśva-bhāvana.
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mādhavam
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to Lord Mādhava
Mā (Lakṣmī) + dhava (husband); also of the Madhu line. The Gauḍīyas favour the second sense in Vraja-contexts (Mādhava as 'sweet Lord'), but here Śukadeva is reminding us this is the husband of Lakṣmī to whom the king bows — the source of all royal opulence.
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kirīṭena arka - varcasa
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with his helmet bright as the sun
Kirīṭa (crown) + arka (sun) + varcas (brilliance). The sun-bright crown bowing low is the visible image of svarga-aiśvarya placing itself beneath Kṛṣṇa's feet — the gesture the whole chapter recommends.
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praṇipatya
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bowing down
Pra-ni-√pat (to fall down before). One of the three gestures Bhagavad-gītā 4.34 prescribes for approaching a guru (praṇipāta-paripraśna-sevā). Nṛga performs the first one before answering.
The word sma means well known. The word “king” is used in deference to his previous position since his lizard condition was no longer visible. Kṛṣṇa had a form of complete happiness (ānanda-mūrtiṇā). Just by seeing the Lord and then by being questioned by him, the king experienced bliss. Instead of ānanda (form with eternal powers) sometimes ananta is seen. By such an appearance of the Lord the king became astonished. First, attaining his heavenly form he became stunned. He did not understand it was the Lord. Then, by mercy, the Lord spoke to him. Then he realized the bliss from the Lord’s form. Then, realizing the Lord’s bliss and powers, he offered respects. According to what the Lord requested he spoke. He realized the Lord as the husband of Lakṣmī (mādhavam). Bowing down with his crown especially shining (as well as other ornaments) he spoke.
The word sma means well known. He was questioned by Kṛṣṇa, directly the Lord, the form of bliss. The word “king” is used because he was a kṣatriya, or had on royal dress. By being questioned and seeing the Lord, he because blissful. He bowed to the Lord, who appeared in the Madhu dynasty to display unlimited qualities (mādhavam), using only his crown, since he wanted to see the Lord’s beauty. As he bent his head, the crown glittered, dazzling as the sun. Or he bowed down on the ground, with his crown which glittered. Or he bowed down far away, so that rays of his crown touched the Lord’s lust feet.
- Where in my conversation with Kṛṣṇa do I rush to talk before I have actually bowed?
- How does posture — physical and inner — shape the truth of what I am about to say?
The crown that once dazzled in the lists of charitable kings now bows of its own weight before the Lord. Helmet to feet — the same geometry the Bhāgavatam asks of every king when he meets Bhagavān: head all the way down, regardless of how bright it once shone.
My note
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