Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.80.18
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
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acyutaḥ
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Lord Kṛṣṇa
From a- + √cyu. 'The never-falling.' Yet the verse delights in showing Acyuta falling — leaping up, running forward, embracing. Gauḍīyas treat this as Kṛṣṇa's bhakta-vatsala self-contradiction: the unfalling falls before His own bhakta.
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priyā
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of His beloved consort
Adjective: dear, beloved. Rukmiṇī's bed. Gauḍīyas read the detail as deliberate: even Kṛṣṇa's intimate luxury is interrupted for Sudāmā — sakhya momentarily outranks the queen's company.
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paryaṅkam
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on the bed
From pari-√añj. The royal couch — symbol of Dvārakā's aiśvarya. The verse's contrast is structural: from paryaṅka He rises; in verse 20 He seats Sudāmā on the same paryaṅka. The bed migrates from Kṛṣṇa to His friend.
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sahasā
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immediately
Adverb: at once, abruptly. Bhāgavatam's choice of word — no pause, no deliberation. The Lord's response to His bhakta's arrival is reflex, not protocol.
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abhyetya
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coming forward
Gerund of abhi-√i. He went toward Sudāmā — not waited. Gauḍīyas mark this verb: Kṛṣṇa walks to His devotee. The hierarchy of approach is reversed.
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paryagrahīt
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embraced
Aorist of pari-√grah. Pari- intensifies — He completely embraced. Sākṣāt aṅga-saṅga: physical contact is the verse's culmination, and v.19 will catch the tears that follow.
Seeing him, Krsna got up and went to the courtyard. He embraced him (paryagrahit) with his arms in great bliss.
Kṛṣṇa (acyutaḥ) did not deviate from friendship however it originated, from proper behavior and qualities. He was seated on his consort’s bed. He embraced Śrīdāmā.
Kṛṣṇa (acyutaḥ) did not deviate from friendship however it had originated, because of his proper behavior and qualities, even though he was seated on his consort’s bed. Citsukha’s version has āsthitaḥ instead of āśritaḥ. The meaning is the same. The Lord saw clearly (vilokya) him from a distance. Even went Śrīdāma was far off, seeing him, he rose in confusion quickly, went forward and joyfully firmly embraced him with outstretched arms all over his body (paryagrahīt).
- Do I rise and go to meet my friends, or wait for them to come?
- What would change if I imitated the Lord here?
A king on his queen's bed, on seeing his old schoolmate at the door, drops everything mid-rest and runs forward arms outstretched. Acyuta — never-falling — falls upon Sudāmā with embrace. The aiśvarya of the bed is overridden by the sakhya of the friend.
When Haridāsa Ṭhākura, considered an outcaste, lay in his last hours, Mahāprabhu came running, took him on His own lap, and would not be separated from him at his passing (Caitanya-caritāmṛta Antya 11).
The Gauḍīya pair: the Lord runs to the lowly devotee. In Dvārakā, Kṛṣṇa rises from the queen's bed and runs to a torn-cloth brāhmaṇa. The same līlā, the same Person, the same logic.
My note
Source: vedabase.io