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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.71.25

द‍ृष्ट्वा विक्लिन्नहृदय: कृष्णं स्‍नेहेन पाण्डव: । चिराद् द‍ृष्टं प्रियतमं सस्वजेऽथ पुन: पुन: ॥ २५ ॥
dṛṣṭvā viklinna-hṛdayaḥ
[drishtvaa viklinna-hridayah]
kṛṣṇaṁ snehena pāṇḍavaḥ
[krishnam snehena paandavah]
cirād dṛṣṭaṁ priyatamaṁ
[chiraad drishtam priyatamam]
sasvaje ’tha punaḥ punaḥ
[sasvaje ’tha punah punah]
Word-for-word
dṛṣṭvā — seeing viklinna — melted hṛdayaḥ — his heart kṛṣṇam — Lord Kṛṣṇa snehena — with affection pāṇḍavaḥ — the son of Pāṇḍu cirāt — after a long time dṛṣṭam — seen priya - tamam — his dearmost friend sasvaje — he embraced Him atha — thereupon punaḥ punaḥ — again and again .
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
dṛṣṭvā viklinna-hṛdayaḥ
dṛṣṭvā
seeing
viklinna
melted
hṛdayaḥ
his heart
kṛṣṇaṁ snehena pāṇḍavaḥ
kṛṣṇam
Lord Kṛṣṇa
snehena
with affection
pāṇḍavaḥ
the son of Pāṇḍu
cirād dṛṣṭaṁ priyatamaṁ
cirāt
after a long time
dṛṣṭam
seen
priya - tamam
his dearmost friend
sasvaje ’tha punaḥ punaḥ
sasvaje
he embraced Him
atha
thereupon
punaḥ punaḥ
again and again .
Important Words
  • viklinna - hṛdayaḥ — with melted heart
    Viklinna — wet, melted, dissolved. Gauḍīyas treat heart-melting as the signature of true bhāva; āśru and sveda are the body's reading of an interior thaw.
  • cirāt — after a long time
    Adverb of duration. Viraha is named in one word; the verse trusts the reader to feel the years of absence packed into it.
  • priya - tamam — the dearmost
    Superlative — beyond priya and priyatara to priyatama. For Yudhiṣṭhira, Kṛṣṇa is not one of many loves but the topmost; the very grammar excludes rivals.
  • punaḥ punaḥ — again and again
    Reduplication of intensity. Bhakti's mathematics: one embrace will not exhaust the moment; the body keeps repeating what the heart cannot finish.
The heart of King Yudhiṣṭhira melted with affection when he saw his dearmost friend, Lord Kṛṣṇa, after such a long separation, and he embraced the Lord again and again.
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
The heart of King Yudhiṣṭhira melted with affection when he saw his dearmost friend, Lord Kṛṣṇa, after such a long separation, and he embraced the Lord again and again.
Jīva Gosvāmī Gauḍīya
Commentary

Kṛṣṇa was by his nature attractive to all hearts (kṛṣṇam). But he was especially dear to Yudhiṣṭhira. Kṛṣṇa was the crest jewel among all his dear friends. And he was seeing him after a long time. Therefore repeatedly he embraced Kṛṣṇa since he felt unsatisfied when he stopped.

Related values & verses
Related values
Nyaya (Justice / Righteous Judgment)Daya (Compassion / Mercy)Vairagya (Detachment / Dispassion)Kritajnata (Gratitude)Discriminative WisdomAtma Nigraha (Self-control)Satya (Truthfulness)Prema (Divine Love)
Related verses
BG 12.1 SB 1.2BG 12.3 BG 12.2 BG 7.1 BG 4.1 BG 16.2 BG 18.65 BG 9.29 BG 9.26
Concepts
Jiva
Related lectures
Personal Guidance
Yudhiṣṭhira's heart melted; he embraced the Lord again and again. After long separation, devotion expresses itself bodily — repeated embrace, refusal to let go. We can honor that bodily aspect too.
Reflection Questions
  • Where does my devotion stay in my head when it could include heart and body?
  • What bodily gesture of welcome could I bring to Kṛṣṇa today?
Analogy

Yudhiṣṭhira's heart melting and embracing Kṛṣṇa again and again after long viraha is like a beeswax seal held to flame — the moment the warmth touches it, the form softens and pours toward its source.

Stories
Long viraha, sudden milana

Kṛṣṇa and the Pāṇḍavas have not seen each other since before the Yadu council. The Mahābhārata records years of correspondence and intermittent visits; the Bhāgavata compresses the emotional arc to a single word: cirāt — 'after long.'

Gauḍīya rasa-śāstra reads viraha as the heater of love. When milana finally comes, the heart cannot embrace just once. Punaḥ punaḥ — again and again — is the marker of bhakti's surplus.

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