Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.74.25
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
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kṛṣṇa - anubhāva - vit
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who knew well the influence of Lord Kṛṣṇa
Compound: Kṛṣṇa + anubhāva (potency, glory) + vit (knower). The Bhāgavatam credentials Sahadeva: his statement is not opinion, it is the speech of a knower. Gauḍīyas: anubhāva-vit is the technical title — bhakta who has tasted, not merely heard.
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tūṣṇīm
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silent
Indeclinable — 'silently'. Sahadeva makes his case and then stops. Gauḍīya rhetoric ideal: speak the conclusion, then become silent so the truth can do its own work.
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sādhu sādhu iti
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“excellent, excellent!”
From √sādh (to accomplish, to be right). The Vedic cry of corroboration. Doubled — twice good — the assembly's standard yes.
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sat - tamāḥ
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the best of saintly persons
Compound: sat (saintly, being) + tama (superlative suffix). The Bhāgavatam carefully calls the corroborating crowd sat-tamāḥ — so the Kṛṣṇa-first decision is signed off by the saintliest, not the loudest.
"O Krsna you are eager to wash the feet of all the people assembled in my palace. But the eager kings is inviting you in order to wash your feet, as you are worthy of worship by all including Brahma and Siva. Please quickly go there." Messengers informed Krsna in this way and brought him, and then Yudhisthira worshipped him elaborately. Krsna, though protesting this worship, being irritated in an affectionate way, was attractive to all.
He became silent since he understood Kṛṣṇa’s powers. Because of Sahadeva’s great devotion, and waiting for some cause of talking, they had remained silent previously. The brāhmaṇas (sattamaḥ) then praised him. This is understood from the next verse
He became silent because he experienced continuous prema (anubhāva) for Kṛṣṇa, who attracts the hearts of the universe. By describing Kṛṣṇa he was overcome with prema. Or he knew the qualities of Kṛṣṇa, the ocean of good qualities, such as his shyness. Kṛṣṇa would become embarrassed on hearing himself glorified in the assembly. Everyone praised Sahadeva because they were supreme in intelligence, birth etc. (sattamāḥ). Others who were not intelligent did not praise him. This is understood later.
- Where do I over-explain truth that does not need defending?
- What does it mean to speak and then fall silent?
When the right word is spoken at the right moment, a roomful of seniors falls silent and then erupts in agreement — because each had been groping for that same word. The sādhus shout sādhu sādhu because Sahadeva has voiced their inner conclusion.
My note
Source: vedabase.io