Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.66.42
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
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dagdhvā
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having burned
Absolutive of √dah (to burn). A single past-active form for the destruction of an ancient city. Gauḍīyas note the Bhāgavata's lexical restraint — Vyāsa does not elaborate the burning; he names it and moves on, because the disc itself moves on.
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sudarśanam
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Sudarśana
Literally 'beautiful-seeing.' The name's etymology is the chapter's quiet joke: a 'beautiful-seeing' weapon that has just rendered a city un-seeable. Gauḍīyas resolve the irony: Sudarśana is beautiful-to-see for those who see Kṛṣṇa in it; only the offender sees fire.
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pārśvam upātiṣṭhat
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went to His side
Phrase: pārśva (side) + upa-√sthā (to stand near). Returns to the same standing-position from verse 38. The chapter's frame: Sudarśana at His side, mission, side again. The disc's permanent address is Kṛṣṇa's shoulder.
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akliṣṭa-karmaṇaḥ
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whose actions are without trouble or fatigue
Compound: akliṣṭa (untroubled, unfatigued) + karman (action), genitive. A favorite Gauḍīya epithet of Bhagavān. Akliṣṭa-karmā — the Lord whose works cost Him nothing. He fought a duel, dispatched a disc, burned a city, and the verse names His action 'without trouble.'
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bhūyaḥ
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once again
Adverb. The 'again' that closes the chapter's circle. The disc went out; the disc came back. Gauḍīyas note: the entire chapter rhymes its returns — Pauṇḍraka's words return to him (verse 19); the kṛtyā returns to its summoner (verse 40); the disc returns to the Lord (this verse). The pattern is the chapter's signature.
The cakra was always beautiful to behold (sudarśanam). This pastime is not astonishing since the Lord’s actions take place without effort (akliṣṭa-karmaṇaḥ).
The phrase “burning down” is repeated to emphasize how the cakra completely burned everything. Thus it is called the cakra of the pervading Lord (viṣṇoḥ). Or the description is given to indicate the cakra’s complete dedication to the Lord and its exceptional power. Therefore the cakra again stood by the Lord as his devotee (upa). It was most beautiful (sudarśaṇam) since it belonged to Kṛṣṇa, endowed with all qualities, whose actions produce happiness for all, or easily destroy all suffering (akliṣṭākarmaṇaḥ).
- Where am I straining to do what Kṛṣṇa could accomplish through me effortlessly?
- What would relaxed cooperation with the Lord's will feel like today?
An obedient son finishes the errand and returns home — Sudarśana, having burned a city, comes back to stand at the Lord's side as quietly as it left. The disc's silence at return is part of its terror: it does not ask permission, does not boast, does not linger; it does what is asked and returns.
My note
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