Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.74.27-28
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
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loka - pāvanīḥ
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which purifies the world
Compound: loka (world) + pāvanī (purifying — feminine, agreeing with āpaḥ, waters). The water that has touched Kṛṣṇa's feet is loka-pāvanī. Gauḍīyas: this is the doctrinal basis for caraṇāmṛta — the water with which the Deity's feet are bathed is given to devotees as purifier.
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pīta - kauṣeyaiḥ
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with yellow silken garments
Compound: pīta (yellow) + kauṣeya (silk). Pīta-vastra is Kṛṣṇa's signature; Yudhiṣṭhira offers cloths that match the cloth He already wears. Gauḍīyas read this as upacāra that recognizes its recipient — not generic pūjā but Kṛṣṇa-specific.
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aśru - pūrṇa - akṣaḥ
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whose eyes were filled with tears
Compound: aśru (tear) + pūrṇa (filled) + akṣa (eye). One of the eight sāttvika-bhāvas (Rūpa Gosvāmī, Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu). The Bhāgavatam diagnoses Yudhiṣṭhira here as in the bodily symptoms of advanced prema.
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samavekṣitum
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to look upon Him directly
Infinitive of sam + ava + √īkṣ. He cannot even sustain darśana because of tears — the paradox of intimacy: the closer the love, the harder it is to look at the beloved face-on.
The worship is described in two verses. Carrying the water on his head shows his intense devotion. He did this because the water was purifying for the worlds in the form of Gaṅgā. Moreover, the water was capable of purifying previous persons and the citizens as well. His wife Draupadī and sons and other family members also took the water on their heads. The list is from closest situated to furthest situated: wife, brothers, ministers, other family members. The wife was closest since she offered the water for washing Kṛṣṇa’s feet. In joy he offered water on their heads and in joy, and with his wife he offered Kṛṣṇa cloth and other items. He worshipped him with priceless cloth, priceless silk and priceless ornaments (mahā-dhanaiḥ). Or mahā-dhanaiḥ can mean priceless jewels. He was not able to see Kṛṣṇa clearly because his eyes were filled with tears of bliss. But because he desired to see him, he was able to see him slightly due to his prema.
The worship is described in two verses. Putting the water on his head shows his great devotion. The water, the form of the Gaṅgā, purified the three worlds. Or it purified all the ancestors, citizens and servants of the city, just by putting it on their heads. He put it on the heads of Draupadī, his younger brothers and sons (kuṭumbaḥ), from those closest to those further away. His wife was closest since she poured the water for washing his feet. He did this with joy and offered gifts with joy (mudā) along with his wife and brothers. He worshipped Kṛṣṇa with priceless cloth, priceless silk and priceless ornaments (mahā-dhanaiḥ). Or mahā-dhanaiḥ can mean priceless jewels. He was not able to see Kṛṣṇa clearly because his eyes were filled with tears of bliss. But since he desired to see him, because of lack of control from prema, he only slightly saw him.
- Has my worship lately been able to overwhelm me, or stayed tidy?
- What detail of offering could let in more tenderness?
A pilgrim returns from Ganga's source and sprinkles the water first on his own head, then on his family — because the holy is meant to be shared, not hoarded. Yudhiṣṭhira bathes Kṛṣṇa's feet and pours that water on his own and his household's heads — caraṇa-amṛta is the original Gaṅgā.
When Vāmana measured the universe in three steps, His foot rose so high it pierced the cosmic shell, and the water released from that wash became the Gaṅgā. Bali Mahārāja, having offered everything including his own head as the third step, received the privilege of forever holding the Lord's feet.
Gauḍīyas link this directly to Yudhiṣṭhira's act here. The same feet that, washed, become loka-pāvanīḥ — purifier of all worlds — are now in the emperor's bowl. The Rājasūya completes what Bali began.
My note
Source: vedabase.io