Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.66.23
एवं मत्सरिणं हत्वा पौण्ड्रकं ससखं हरि: ।
द्वारकामाविशत् सिद्धैर्गीयमानकथामृत: ॥ २३ ॥
evaṁ matsariṇam hatvā
[evam matsarinam hatvaa]
pauṇḍrakaṁ sa-sakhaṁ hariḥ
[paundrakam sa-sakham harih]
dvārakām āviśat siddhair
[dvaarakaam aavishat siddhair]
gīyamāna-kathāmṛtaḥ
[geeyamaana-kathaamritah]
Word-for-word
evam
—
thus
matsariṇam
—
envious
hatvā
—
killing
pauṇḍrakam
—
Pauṇḍraka
sa
—
together with
sakham
—
his friend
hariḥ
—
Lord Kṛṣṇa
dvārakām
—
Dvārakā
āviśat
—
He entered
siddhaiḥ
—
by the mystics of heaven
gīyamāna
—
being sung
kathā
—
narrations about Him
amṛtaḥ
—
nectarean .
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
evaṁ matsariṇam hatvā
evam
thus
matsariṇam
envious
hatvā
killing
pauṇḍrakaṁ sa-sakhaṁ hariḥ
pauṇḍrakam
Pauṇḍraka
sa
together with
sakham
his friend
hariḥ
Lord Kṛṣṇa
dvārakām āviśat siddhair
dvārakām
Dvārakā
āviśat
He entered
siddhaiḥ
by the mystics of heaven
gīyamāna-kathāmṛtaḥ
gīyamāna
being sung
kathā
narrations about Him
amṛtaḥ
nectarean .
Important Words
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matsariṇam
—
envious
From matsara (envy, intolerance). The single word Vyāsa gives as Pauṇḍraka's final diagnosis. Gauḍīya theology identifies matsara as the prime obstacle to bhakti (cf. SB 1.1.2: dharmaḥ projjhita-kaitavo 'tra... nirmatsarāṇām satām vedyam). The chapter ends the man whose disease was matsara.
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siddhaiḥ
—
by the mystics of heaven
Plural instrumental of Siddha. The semi-celestial perfected beings who track Bhagavān's pastimes from upper planets. Their kīrtana of Kṛṣṇa's return is itself pramāṇa — the higher beings sing only of what is real.
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gīyamāna-kathā
—
being sung — narration
Compound: gīyamāna (being sung, present passive participle of √gai) + kathā (story). The Bhāgavata's own self-description (śuśrūṣoḥ śraddadhānasya... gīyamānāni). Vyāsa stages the chapter's ending as a frame for the very mode by which the chapter itself reaches us — kṛṣṇa-kathā being sung.
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amṛtaḥ
—
nectarean
From a- (not) + mṛta (dead). Literally 'deathless' — and by extension, sweet beyond mortality. The same word that names the soma of the gods. The narrations of Kṛṣṇa are amṛta because they confer amṛtatva (deathlessness) on the hearer.
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āviśat
—
He entered
Imperfect of ā-√viś (to enter). Same root as Viṣṇu (the entered-one, the indweller). The Lord who enters Dvārakā is the Lord who enters everywhere, always — entry is His mode.
Having thus killed envious Pauṇḍraka and his ally, Lord Kṛṣṇa returned to Dvārakā. As He entered the city, the Siddhas of heaven chanted His immortal, nectarean glories.
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura
Gauḍīya
Translation
Having thus killed envious Pauṇḍraka and his ally, Lord Kṛṣṇa returned to Dvārakā. As He entered the city, the Siddhas of heaven chanted His immortal, nectarean glories.
Jīva Gosvāmī
Gauḍīya
Commentary
Pauṇḍraka could not tolerate the excellence of Kṛṣṇa. He is thus called envious (matsariṇam). Kṛṣṇa, whose action of killing Pauṇḍraka (kathāmṛtaḥ) was glorified by jīvanmuktas and persons in airplanes (siddhaiḥ) who had gathered to see the great spectacle, then entered Dvārakā.
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Personal Guidance
After the battle, the Siddhas sang the Lord's nectarean glories as He returned home. Every divine pastime, however violent on the surface, ends in glorification — that is its true center of gravity.
Reflection Questions
- Where in my recent life can I find reasons to praise rather than complain?
- What gets unlocked when I shift from analyzing events to glorifying the Lord in them?
Analogy
When the king returns from war, the heavenly singers — Siddhas, Gandharvas, Cāraṇas — already know the verdict and chant it before he reaches his hall. The applause of higher planets is Bhagavān's signature on the day's work.
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