• brahma-vādinaḥ — fluent in the Vedas
  Brahma-vādin is the technical term for the master of Vedic recitation. That such masters sit in Kṛṣṇa's court chanting establishes the Vedas themselves as His servants, not His sources.
• puṇya-yaśasām — of pious fame
  Yaśas — fame — in śāstra is reckoned only when pious (puṇya). Material celebrity is not yaśas. The brāhmaṇas recite only those whose fame stands in dharma; Kṛṣṇa is Himself the source of all puṇya-yaśas.
• kathāḥ — stories, narratives
  Kṛṣṇa-kathā and bhāgavata-kathā are the Gauḍīya tradition's central practice. Hearing kathā in the presence of Bhagavān is the SB's image of Vaikuṇṭha; the morning court is its earthly version.
• āsīnāḥ — seated
  Sitting (āsīna) in Bhagavān's presence is itself a form of seva. The Six Gosvāmīs would sit before the deity reading kathā for hours. The posture is not passive — it is one of the most active possible.

• What mix of study and story shapes me — and is the balance right?
• Where could a single new story of a pious soul reshape my own choices?

Brāhmaṇas chanting Vedic mantras and recounting tales of pious kings of old in Kṛṣṇa's court is like ancestors visiting their own descendant — the One whom every Veda sings and every pious king worshipped now sits and listens to His own praise.