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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.69.33

प्रस्थापनोपनयनैरपत्यानां महोत्सवान् । वीक्ष्य योगेश्वरेशस्य येषां लोका विसिस्मिरे ॥ ३३ ॥
prasthāpanopanayanair
[prasthaapanopanayanair]
apatyānāṁ mahotsavān
[apatyaanaam mahotsavaan]
vīkṣya yogeśvareśasya
[veekshya yogeshvareshasya]
yeṣāṁ lokā visismire
[yeshaam lokaa visismire]
prasthāpana — with sending away upanayanaiḥ — and bringing home apatyānām — of the children mahā — great utsavān — holiday celebrations vīkṣya — seeing yoga - īśvara — of the masters of yoga īśasya — of the supreme master yeṣām — whose lokāḥ — the people visismire — were amazed .
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
prasthāpanopanayanair
prasthāpana
with sending away
upanayanaiḥ
and bringing home
apatyānāṁ mahotsavān
apatyānām
of the children
mahā
great
utsavān
holiday celebrations
vīkṣya yogeśvareśasya
vīkṣya
seeing
yoga - īśvara
of the masters of yoga
yeṣāṁ lokā visismire
īśasya
of the supreme master
yeṣām
whose
lokāḥ
the people
visismire
were amazed .
  • yoga-īśvara-īśasya — of the supreme master of yoga masters
    Compound: yoga-īśvara (master of mystic power) + īśa (master) in genitive. The repeated title (cf. v.19, v.38) — anchoring every domestic action in Bhagavān's status as the source of all mystic potency. Even the family festivals are yoga-īśvara-līlā.
  • mahā-utsavān — great festivals
    Compound: mahā (great) + utsava (festival, lifting up). Utsava is celebration that lifts everyone present. Gauḍīyas: every Vaiṣṇava utsava in Caitanya-tradition (Jhulan, Janmāṣṭamī, Rathayātrā) is a continuation of Dvārakā's mahā-utsava grammar.
  • visismire — they were amazed
    Past tense of vi + √smi (to be astonished). The citizens' astonishment mirrors Nārada's vismita at v.22 and v.42 — astonishment is the chapter's recurring affective signature, marking every threshold of Bhagavān's yoga-māyā.
  • apatyānām — of the children
    From apatya (offspring). Kṛṣṇa's children — pradyumna, Sāmba, Aniruddha and the rest. Gauḍīyas: Bhagavān's own family is structured exactly as a model human family, so that human families have a divine template to emulate.
Nārada observed how Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the master of all yoga masters, arranged to send away His daughters and sons-in-law, and also to receive them home again, at the time of great holiday celebrations. All the citizens were astonished to see these celebrations.
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Nārada observed how Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the master of all yoga masters, arranged to send away His daughters and sons-in-law, and also to receive them home again, at the time of great holiday celebrations. All the citizens were astonished to see these celebrations.
Commentary

At the end of yearly festivals he sent the daughters and their husbands from his house back to their own houses. At t the beginning of the festivals he brought them from their houses. Seeing this, people were astonished.

Jīva Gosvāmī Gauḍīya
Commentary

The people were astonished at the marriages as well as the coming and going of the daughters with their husbands since these events were unimaginable. Why? This was all done by the master of all masters of yoga. Or, it was done by the Lord of the Kumāras. The people of Vaikuṇṭha such as Garuḍa were astonished.

Śrīdhara Svāmī Gauḍīya
Commentary

The people were astonished at the marriages as well as the coming and going of the daughters with their husbands, or the coming of the sons with their brides with gifts, since these events were unimaginable. Why? This was all done by the master of all masters of yoga. Or, it was done by the Lord of the Kumāras. The people of Vaikuṇṭha such as Garuḍa were astonished since this did not occur in Vaikuṇṭha.

Related values
Anahankarah (Freedom from False Ego)Prema (Divine Love)
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Concepts
IshvaraYogaJiva
Kṛṣṇa arranged sending off and receiving back His daughters and sons-in-law at festival times. Even the comings and goings of family are occasions for spiritual celebration when held in the Lord's awareness.
Reflection Questions
  • What family transitions could become occasions of remembrance rather than routine?
  • How does festivity weave devotion into family life?

Whole cities gather to watch the family of a great king celebrate the comings and goings of its daughters and sons-in-law — because in such a family every household event becomes a public lesson. Kṛṣṇa's domestic calendar is the world's holiday calendar.

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