Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.71.15
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
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su - vratāḥ
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of excellent vow
Su-vratā names women whose vrata is steady — chaste and Kṛṣṇa-fixed. Bhakti is structurally a vrata; the queens model what fixed observance looks like.
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acyutam
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Kṛṣṇa, the infallible
Acyuta — He never falls, He never lets His devotee fall. The queens' chastity is matched by His infallibility — covenantal symmetry.
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saha - ātmajāḥ
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with their sons
The Lord travels with His full household — the family is not left behind for spiritual work. Bhakti gathers family rather than scattering it.
According to Śrīdhara Svāmī, the word vāji indicates that some of Lord Kṛṣṇa’s queens were transported by horse-drawn conveyances.
The queens, in carts drawn by men, on horses and in palanquins, faithful to their husband (suvratah), followed after (anu yayuh) Acyuta, their husband.
The women were inside the palanquins but are mentioned separately in order to describe them. Kṛṣṇa was firmly situated (acyutam) in front of all of them. The women were completely (sam) surrounded by the soldiers, with no gaps, but nicely positioned at a distance (su) so they did not feel crowded. Nṛ-vāji-kāñcana-śibikābhir can also mean “with palanquins carried by men who walked quickly like horses.”
- Whom do I bring with me on my journeys — physically or spiritually?
- How do I ensure their dignity along the way?
Kṛṣṇa's queens following Him on golden palanquins is like a constellation moving with the moon across the night — they are not separate splendours but His own light reflected back to Him.
SB 10.83 records the queens telling Draupadī the stories of how they came to Kṛṣṇa — Rukmiṇī, Satyabhāmā, Kālindī, Jāmbavatī and the rest each tell of a long-treasured devotion fulfilled. The su-vratā of this verse is rooted in those vrata-narratives.
Gauḍīyas read the queens not as worldly consorts but as Lakṣmīs accompanying their Nārāyaṇa, each a distinct flavour of Lakṣmī-bhāva folded around the central Vraja-rasa.
My note
Source: vedabase.io