Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.74.5
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
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ajita
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O unconquerable one
A (not) + jita (conquered). Kṛṣṇa is unconquerable by force — only by bhakti. Gauḍīyas savor this address: Yudhiṣṭhira names Him ajita precisely while showing that prema has conquered Him into the role of guest.
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mādhava
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O Kṛṣṇa, husband of Lakṣmī, descendant of Madhu
Mā (Lakṣmī) + dhava (husband); also Madhu-vaṁśa. A mādhurya name — Kṛṣṇa as the beloved Lord. Yudhiṣṭhira reaches for it in the verse on non-separation between Kṛṣṇa and His devotees, because mādhurya-rasa is precisely where that non-separation is most refined.
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bhaktānām
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of the devotees
Genitive plural of bhakta. The verse pivots on this word. Yudhiṣṭhira does not say jñānis or yogis — he names the bhaktas as those whose internal pronouns have already collapsed into Kṛṣṇa.
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paśūnām
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of animals
Genitive plural of paśu (beast). A sharp word. The 'mine/yours' grammar that the world calls civilized is, Yudhiṣṭhira says, the perception of paśus. Gauḍīya commentators link this to the verse 2.3.19 — śva-viḍ-varāha-uṣṭra-khara — where humans without bhakti are classed as paśus.
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vaikṛtī
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perverted, distorted
From vi + √kṛ (altered, twisted). Not the natural state — a vikāra. Gauḍīyas: the 'I/mine' grid is not the soul's native condition; it is a distortion that bhakti corrects.
An ordinary person thinks, “I am so attractive, intelligent and wealthy that people should simply serve me and do what I want. Why should I obey anyone else?” This proud, separatist mentality is also found in animals who battle one another for supremacy. Such a mentality is conspicuously absent in the mind of an advanced devotee, and it is certainly absent in the sublime, omniscient mind of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
"You are thinking that it is not possible for me, the lord, to commit low activities. Why is it not possible?" Yudhisthira answers in this verse. "O unconquerable on, your devotees do not have the false separatist material (vaikrti) intelligence of the ignorant (pasunam) thinking in terms of I and mine, you and yours such as "I am greatly learned, I am the best. I do not follow anyone’s order. Because you have no knowledge of scriptures you are a fool and should be servant of others." Your devotees have spiritual intelligence. What then to speak of yourself, the Lord."
Your devotees make no distinctions because of their gentle natures. Animals have intelligence which is a distortion from the qualities of the pure svarūpa. This produces the material body. Another version has vaikṛtā. These qualities are certain not present in the Lord. O Lord, you are not controlled by the power of māyā (ajita). O Lord of supreme svarūpa-śakti (mādhava)! Or, this action is not for yourself, the enjoyer of sacrifice since you never lack anything and your devotees have no false identity. Then this verse explains. Therefore the cause of your actions is mercy alone and our bhakti.
Vai means well known or is used for emphasis. Devotees do not think possessively (mama) “My son is the best” or “I am the best” or “You are inferior” and “Your children are inferior.” Making distinctions is like the animals and is perverted. Thoughts should not be related to the body or māyā. One should think, “These are devotees are mine. I am theirs” or “The Lord is mine and I am the Lord’s.” “You are not a devotee and your children are not devotees.” Or “You are the Lord and I am your devotee.” Thus spiritually there are also differences. The reasons is this: O Lord, not controlled by māyā (ajita)! You have appeared in the Madhu dynasty (mādhva) to reveal your unlimited powers, negating māyā at this time especially. atraiva māyā-dhamanāvatāre hy asya prapañcasya bahiḥ sphuṭasya kṛtsnasya cāntar jaṭhare jananyā māyātvam eva prakaṭī-kṛtaṁ te O subduer of māyā! Appearing in this incarnation, you manifested the whole universe, in your abdomen to your mother, even though it was clearly visible externally as well. SB 10.14.16 Thus the devotees like you are beyond māyā. Or because you appeared in the Madhu dynasty, you are called Mādhava, not Kaurava. Or you are the husband of Lakṣmī (mādhava), not the husband of Śaci. Thus devotees distinguish between the Lord and the servant. They are dependent on the Lord, who gives them special mercy and prema-bhakti.
- Where am I still policing the line between 'mine' and 'yours'?
- What practice softens that boundary in a healthy direction?
When milk is poured into milk, no boundary survives the pouring. Kṛṣṇa's devotees, Yudhiṣṭhira says, do not stand outside Him counting 'mine' and 'yours' — the brittle bookkeeping of animals. The plural pronouns dissolve because the substance is one love.
When Sudāmā arrived in Dvārakā with a small bundle of flat rice, Kṛṣṇa snatched it before he could feel ashamed and ate it as if it were the wealth of the three worlds. Sudāmā left empty-handed and returned to a mansion of gold.
Gauḍīyas read this as the verse in narrative form: between Kṛṣṇa and His devotee there is no 'mine' to defend or 'yours' to negotiate. The chipped rice and the city of gold are the same property.
My note
Source: vedabase.io