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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.71.20

इत्युक्त: प्रस्थितो दूतो यथावदवदन्नृपान् । तेऽपि सन्दर्शनं शौरे: प्रत्यैक्षन् यन्मुमुक्षव: ॥ २० ॥
ity uktaḥ prasthito dūto
[ity uktah prasthito dooto]
yathā-vad avadan nṛpān
[yathaa-vad avadan nripaan]
te ’pi sandarśanaṁ śaureḥ
[te ’pi sandarshanam shaureh]
pratyaikṣan yan mumukṣavaḥ
[pratyaikshan yan mumukshavah]
Word-for-word
iti — thus uktaḥ — addressed prasthitaḥ — departed dūtaḥ — the messenger yathā - vat — accurately avadat — he told nṛpān — the kings te — they api — and sandarśanam — the audience śaureḥ — of Lord Kṛṣṇa pratyaikṣan — awaited yat — because mumukṣavaḥ — being eager for liberation .
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
ity uktaḥ prasthito dūto
iti
thus
uktaḥ
addressed
prasthitaḥ
departed
dūtaḥ
the messenger
yathā-vad avadan nṛpān
yathā - vat
accurately
avadat
he told
nṛpān
the kings
te ’pi sandarśanaṁ śaureḥ
te
they
api
and
sandarśanam
the audience
śaureḥ
of Lord Kṛṣṇa
pratyaikṣan yan mumukṣavaḥ
pratyaikṣan
awaited
yat
because
mumukṣavaḥ
being eager for liberation .
Important Words
  • mumukṣavaḥ — those desiring liberation
    The captive kings are mumukṣu — but their mukti is double: release from jail and release from saṁsāra. Gauḍīyas note that the audience of Kṛṣṇa is itself mokṣa; the kings instinctively bind the two together.
  • sandarśanam — audience, full sight
    Sandarśana — complete seeing. Not a glimpse but a held darśana. The kings wait not for the rescue but for the Person; the rescue is incidental to the darśana.
  • śaureḥ — of Lord Kṛṣṇa (descendant of Śūra)
    Patronymic — descendant of Śūra (Vasudeva's father). The kings remember Him by the lineage; Bhāgavata loves to name Kṛṣṇa through His family.
Thus addressed, the messenger departed and accurately relayed the Lord’s message to the kings. Eager for freedom, they then waited expectantly for their meeting with Lord Kṛṣṇa.
Purport

The great Vaiṣṇava scholar Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī comments here that by force of circumstances the kings began focusing their attention on Lord Kṛṣṇa alone.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Thus addressed, the messenger departed and accurately relayed the Lord's message to the kings. Eager for freedom, they then waited expectantly for their meeting with Lord Kṛṣṇa.
Commentary

They waited for Krsna (pratyaiksan for pratyaksanta, for their benefit).

Jīva Gosvāmī Gauḍīya
Commentary

The kings waited, depending only on Kṛṣṇa (pratyaikṣan). They developed the desire to be free from Jarāsandha in order to see Kṛṣṇa.

Śrīdhara Svāmī Gauḍīya
Commentary

The kings waited to see the Lord, with full dependence on the Lord, who appeared to display his unlimited powers (śaureḥ). They desired freedom from prison and saṁsāra. Or they waited to see the Lord, whom sages also waited for.

Related values & verses
Related values
Adambhitva (Non-hypocrisy / Authenticity)Vairagya (Detachment / Dispassion)Tejas (Inner Radiance / Vigour)Discriminative Wisdom
Related verses
BG 5.18 BG 8.4 BG 14.12 BG 14.1 BG 12.1 BG 18.37 BG 11.1 BG 3.3 SB 1.2BG 12.3 BG 4.8 BG 15.9 BG 6.35 BG 18.74
Concepts
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Personal Guidance
The kings, hearing the Lord's promise, focused their attention entirely on Kṛṣṇa. Hope drawn from the Lord narrows our attention to Him in a way ordinary hope cannot.
Reflection Questions
  • Where has my attention scattered when it could be focused on the Lord's promises?
  • What promise of Kṛṣṇa could become a single focal point this week?
Analogy

The captive kings, having heard Kṛṣṇa's promise relayed by the messenger, waiting for His audience as eagerly as for liberation itself, are like prisoners hearing a single bird outside the cell and knowing the dawn will come — the song is already enough.

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Source: vedabase.io

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