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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.68.25

एते यौनेन सम्बद्धा: सहशय्यासनाशना: । वृष्णयस्तुल्यतां नीता अस्मद्दत्तनृपासना: ॥ २५ ॥
ete yaunena sambaddhāḥ
[ete yaunena sambaddhaah]
saha-śayyāsanāśanāḥ
[saha-shayyaasanaashanaah]
vṛṣṇayas tulyatāṁ nītā
[vrishnayas tulyataam neetaa]
asmad-datta-nṛpāsanāḥ
[asmad-datta-nripaasanaah]
Word-for-word
ete — these yaunena — by marital relation sambaddhāḥ — connected saha — sharing śayyā — beds āsana — seats aśanāḥ — and meals vṛṣṇayaḥ — the Vṛṣṇis tulyatām — to equality nītāḥ — brought asmat — by us datta — given nṛpa - āsanāḥ — whose thrones .
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
ete yaunena sambaddhāḥ
ete
these
yaunena
by marital relation
sambaddhāḥ
connected
saha-śayyāsanāśanāḥ
saha
sharing
śayyā
beds
āsana
seats
aśanāḥ
and meals
vṛṣṇayas tulyatāṁ nītā
vṛṣṇayaḥ
the Vṛṣṇis
tulyatām
to equality
nītāḥ
brought
asmad-datta-nṛpāsanāḥ
asmat
by us
datta
given
nṛpa - āsanāḥ
whose thrones .
Important Words
  • yaunena — by marital relation
    From yoni — 'origin, womb.' The Kuru-Yādava bond runs through marriages: Subhadrā to Arjuna, Lakṣmaṇā now to Sāmba. The Kurus reduce kinship to political accommodation.
  • tulyatām nītāḥ — brought to equality (by us)
    The breathtaking claim. The Vṛṣṇis — Kṛṣṇa's own clan — are imagined to have been raised to equality by the Kurus' generosity. Pride's distortion is complete.
  • nṛpa - āsanāḥ — whose royal thrones (we gave)
    The Kurus believe they conferred kingship on the Yadus. In truth Ugrasena's throne was restored by Kṛṣṇa Himself, and Dvārakā built by Viśvakarman at Kṛṣṇa's direction (SB 10.50).
It is because these Vṛṣṇis are bound to us by marital ties that we have granted them equality, allowing them to share our beds, seats and meals. Indeed, it is we who have given them their royal thrones.
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
It is because these Vṛṣṇis are bound to us by marital ties that we have granted them equality, allowing them to share our beds, seats and meals. Indeed, it is we who have given them their royal thrones.
Commentary

They are related to us only by marriage- of Kunti to Pandu. They are only brothers in law.

Jīva Gosvāmī Gauḍīya
Commentary

The Vṛṣṇis are bound to us by marriage. This is directed at Balarāma. His mother Rohiṇī was married to Vasudeva, a Vṛṣṇi. Therefore they sit, sleep and eat together with us.

Śrīdhara Svāmī Gauḍīya
Commentary

These miserable Vṛṣṇis (ete) or these who are related to Balarāma standing here have a relationship by marriage, thus sharing beds, seats and meals. Moreover they have thrones given by us. They do not have these things, being without a kingdom. Thus they have become equal to us.

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Personal Guidance
The Kurus framed the Vṛṣṇis' equality as their own gift — beds, seats, meals, thrones, all 'granted' from above. Whenever we mistake shared humanity for our generosity, we have already corrupted the relationship.
Reflection Questions
  • Where do I take credit for what was never mine to give?
  • What relationships need a humbler accounting of who actually owes whom?
Analogy

A host who has shared his table with the king's own family begins to claim he gave the king his crown — pride confuses kinship with patronage.

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