Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.66.10
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
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ākṣepam
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the insults
From ā-√kṣip (to throw at). The exact word for sharp counter-speech, especially in debate. Kṛṣṇa's reply is classified as ākṣepa — a recognized rhetorical move. The Lord knows the genres of speech and uses them deliberately.
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svāmine
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to his master
Dative of svāmin (owner, lord). Bhāgavatam quietly tweaks the diction: the messenger's 'master' is Pauṇḍraka, a man whose mastership is fiction. The real Svāmin is the one whose chariot, two verses later, is already on the road.
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ratham āsthāya
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riding His chariot
Compound idiom: ratha (chariot) + ā-√sthā (to mount). Echoes the BG opening (rathopastha upāviśat). The chariot of Kṛṣṇa carries different cargoes in different chapters — a hesitant Arjuna, a returning Sudāmā, now an iron resolve toward Kāśī.
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kāśīm
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to Vārāṇasī
Accusative of Kāśī. The most ancient sacred city, presided over by Viśvanātha (Śiva). The chapter sets up the strange spectacle of Sudarśana eventually burning even Kāśī — because the city has sheltered the imitator and his abhicāra against Kṛṣṇa.
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upajagāma ha
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He went near
Perfect of upa-√gam with the emphatic particle ha. The ha gives the line a Vedic-recitative gravity: 'thus, indeed, He went.' The Bhāgavata writes the journey as inevitable as gravity.
In Kṛṣṇa, Śrīla Prabhupāda describes this incident as follows: “The messenger carried the words of Lord Kṛṣṇa to his master, Pauṇḍraka, who patiently heard all these insults. Without waiting any longer, Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa immediately started out on His chariot to punish the rascal Pauṇḍraka, the King of Karūṣa. Because at that time the he was living with his friend the King of Kāśī, Kṛṣṇa surrounded the whole city of Kāśī.”
Instead of tam ākṣepam sometimes tad ākṣepam is seen. Kṛṣṇa went near (upa) Kāśī. Ha indicates joy. Or he went to Karūṣa which was near Kāṣī.
- Where am I avoiding a decisive step I know is needed?
- What is the difference between patience and procrastination in my life?
The chariot of Kṛṣṇa is not a vehicle of conveyance but the moving courtroom in which His verdicts are executed. The wheels that bore Arjuna at Kurukṣetra now turn toward Kāśī — the geography of the world is rearranged around the Lord's mission.
My note
Source: vedabase.io