• patnī-saṁyāja — the wife-conjoined oblation
  Compound: patnī (wife) + saṁyāja (joint offering). The ritual that requires the sponsor's wife. Gauḍīyas note: Draupadī's presence is not decorative — without her, no Rājasūya. Marriage is dharma's instrument.
• avabhṛthyaiḥ — with the concluding rituals
  Instrumental plural of avabhṛthya — the rites that solemnize completion. The yajña is not abandoned; it is brought to rest.
• ācāntam — having sipped water for purification
  Past participle. Ācamana — the small daily Vaiṣṇava act before any worship. Even the emperor, even at the apex, does the same humble cupped-hand sip.
• gaṅgāyām — in the Ganges
  Locative — in Gaṅgā, Viṣṇu-padī, the river born of His foot. The bath that completes the imperial yajña is taken in Kṛṣṇa's own water-tīrtha. Geography seals theology.
• kṛṣṇayā — with Draupadī
  Draupadī's other name is Kṛṣṇā — the dark one. The verse's grammar lets a Gauḍīya hear what is half-spoken: 'he bathed with Kṛṣṇa(ā).' Two Kṛṣṇas (His own self in verse 8; her name here) frame the avabhṛtha.

• Where could my partner and I share a small ritual together this week?
• What sacred act would gain depth by being shared rather than solo?

The very last steps of a long sacrifice — the patnī-saṁyāja, the final sipping, the bath — are the smallest and most decisive, like the last knot tied on a garland. Yudhiṣṭhira and Draupadī finish together; the yajña was always a couple's offering.