SB 10.73.27 — FolioCorpus

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.73.27

ते पूजिता मुकुन्देन राजानो मृष्टकुण्डला: । विरेजुर्मोचिता: क्लेशात् प्रावृडन्ते यथा ग्रहा: ॥ २७ ॥

te pūjitā mukundena

[te poojitaa mukundena]

rājāno mṛṣṭa-kuṇḍalāḥ

[raajaano mrishta-kundalaah]

virejur mocitāḥ kleśāt

[virejur mochitaah kleshaat]

prāvṛḍ-ante yathā grahāḥ

[praavrid-ante yathaa grahaah]

Word-for-word

te — they pūjitāḥ — honored mukundena — by Lord Kṛṣṇa rājānaḥ — the kings mṛṣṭa — gleaming kuṇḍalāḥ — whose earrings virejuḥ — appeared splendid mocitāḥ — released kleśāt — from their distress prāvṛṭ — of the rainy season ante — at the end yathā — as grahāḥ — the planets (such as the moon) .

Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)

te pūjitā mukundena

they

pūjitāḥ

honored

mukundena

by Lord Kṛṣṇa

rājāno mṛṣṭa-kuṇḍalāḥ

rājānaḥ

the kings

mṛṣṭa

gleaming

kuṇḍalāḥ

whose earrings

virejur mocitāḥ kleśāt

virejuḥ

appeared splendid

mocitāḥ

released

kleśāt

from their distress

prāvṛḍ-ante yathā grahāḥ

prāvṛṭ

of the rainy season

ante

at the end

yathā

grahāḥ

the planets (such as the moon) .

Important Words

pūjitāḥ-mukundena — honored by Mukunda
Two consecutive synonym-chunks. Mukunda — the giver of mukti. The Lord who hands liberation is the same Lord arranging the after-dinner honoring: mokṣa-dāyī Himself is also pūjana-kartā here.
mṛṣṭa-kuṇḍalāḥ — with gleaming earrings
Mṛṣṭa — polished, cleansed. A small physical detail that locks the simile: their earrings shine the way grahāḥ shine after rain.
mocitāḥ-kleśāt — released from distress
Two consecutive synonym-chunks. Mocita — past passive of √muc, the same root as Mukunda. The verse names Him and His action with the same verbal family: He is the Releaser and they the Released, identified at the level of grammar.
prāvṛṭ-ante — at the end of the rainy season
Two consecutive synonym-chunks. The classical Indian image of clarity-after-suffering: autumn sky cleared of monsoon clouds, the moon and grahāḥ shining. Vyāsa places the freed kings inside the simile.

Honored by Lord Mukunda and freed from tribulation, the kings shone splendidly, their earrings gleaming, just as the moon and other celestial bodies shine brilliantly in the sky at the end of the rainy season.

Gauḍīya Ācāryas

Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya

Translation

Commentary

Relieved of their distress the kings appeared resplendent like the moon and other planets (grahah) after the rainy season.

Jīva Gosvāmī Gauḍīya

Commentary

Respected or worshiped by the Lord who gives supreme bliss (mukundena), with glittering earrings, they shone even more than before (vi—rejuḥ). Though all their other ornaments shone, the earrings especially shone because of the beauty of their faces. They were freed from the suffering of imprisonment and from saṁsāra. This was the reason they shone with pleasing faces. An example is given to show the beauty arising after freedom from suffering in prison. The monsoon season with clouds is like the imprisonment hiding their beauty.

Related values & verses

Related values

Adambhitva (Non-hypocrisy / Authenticity)Vairagya (Detachment / Dispassion)Tejas (Inner Radiance / Vigour)Discriminative Wisdom

Concepts

Jiva

Personal Guidance

Honored by Mukunda, the kings shone like the moon and stars after the rainy season. Sustained suffering ends; when it does, the brightness that emerges is genuine, not performed.

Reflection Questions

Where might my recent 'rainy season' be ending, even if I haven't noticed yet?
What brightness could I let myself shine with?

Analogy

After the long monsoon, the night sky clears and the moon and planets appear again, washed and bright. The kings, washed of dungeon-grime and ego-grime together, walk out shining — Bhagavān's mercy operates like the season: the grahas were always there, only the cloud is removed.

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