Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.69.26
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
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gada-agrajam
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Kṛṣṇa, elder brother of Gada
Compound: Gada (a Yādava prince, Vasudeva's son by Sunāmā) + agraja (elder brother). A less common name of Kṛṣṇa — used here to anchor Him in the Yādava family network. Even in the cosmic display, He is a brother first.
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stūyamānam
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being praised
Present passive participle of √stu (to praise). Bards (vandins) praise the Lord at His bedside. Gauḍīyas: kīrtana surrounds Him even in repose — His paryaṅka is also a kīrtana-maṇḍapa.
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paryaṅke
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on the bed
Paryaṅka — a couch or bed. The same word for Anantaśeṣa's coils on which Viṣṇu reclines in the milk ocean. The Dvārakā paryaṅka is a localized echo of that cosmic paryaṅka — Bhagavān at rest is never inactive; rest is one of His līlā-modes.
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vicarantam
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riding, moving about
Present participle of vi + √car (to move). Pairs with śayānam (lying) — together they map the full range of bodily action, from full motion to full stillness. Bhagavān fills the range from end to end at the same instant.
Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī points out that riding on horses and elephants is a noon activity, whereas one lies down during the latter part of night.
Elsewhere Krsna was moving with elephants and horses, indicating noon time. Elsewhere he was sleeping, at the end of the night.
In some places he was moving about in various ways on horses, elephants and chariots. These are generally activities of the forenoon. He was accompanied by Gada. In other places he was resting on his bed. This is an activity at the end of the night since he was being praised by bards.
In one house, with Gadāgiraja, he was moving in various ways with horses since the yard of the house was very broad or he went to the garden outside the house. That is understood in later houses also. In one house with Gadāgraja he was moving with horses, then elephants and then chariots. Or sometimes he moved with horses, sometimes with elephants and sometimes with chariots. In one house he was lying on a bed, after his noon meal or at the end of night, praised by bards and others. Balarāma was also praised (ca).
- What do I let into my ears during rest — what fills my downtime?
- How could I make rest itself a form of remembrance?
A general who rides at the head of his cavalry by day and is sung to sleep by court poets at night — both the action and the rest belong to the same man's office. In one palace Kṛṣṇa is on horseback; in another He reclines while bards recite His glories. The chapter refuses any split between energy and repose.
My note
Source: vedabase.io