• govinde — when Govinda
  Locative absolute. The name Govinda — He who pleases (vinda) the cows (go) — is used here precisely as Kṛṣṇa plays the part of a grieving son. Gauḍīyas savor this: even mid-grief, He is still go-vinda, still the cowherd whose every act is rasa.
• saubha-rāṭ — the lord of Saubha
  Repeated again. The Bhāgavatam keeps reattaching Śālva to his vehicle, never letting him stand free — the asura is always smaller than the toy he rides.
• vasudevam iva — as if Vasudeva
  Phrase: Vasudevam (Kṛṣṇa's father) + iva (as if). The iva is decisive — Vyāsa preempts the illusion by labeling it iva, "only seemingly." The Bhāgavatam refuses to let the reader, even momentarily, believe what Kṛṣṇa pretends to.
• ānīya — bringing forward
  Gerund of ā + √nī — to lead, to bring. Demonic theater requires bringing the false object visibly into stage — māyā cannot work in pure suggestion; it needs a body, even a fabricated one.

• What custom-built illusion has been tailored to my specific attachments?
• What practice keeps me anchored when the illusion is precisely my shape?

Govinda has barely finished speaking when the saubha-rāṭ reappears, leading what looks like Vasudeva, and announces his next move. Asurī-māyā loves to give the appearance of having heard the devotee's lament and now offering proof. Illusion's escalation tracks the devotee's emotional response.