Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.80.19
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
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sakhyuḥ
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of His friend
Genitive of sakhi. The verse names the relationship — sakhya, not master-servant. Gauḍīyas note that aiśvarya recedes precisely at the moment sakhya is named — the Lord weeps because He is in friend-mode.
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vipra - ṛṣeḥ
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the sagacious brāhmaṇa
Compound: vipra (brāhmaṇa) + ṛṣi (sage). Sudāmā is honored as a brāhmaṇa-sage — interior status visible to Kṛṣṇa though invisible to the palace. The text persistently honors what the world overlooks.
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aṅga
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of the body
Body — and yet, in Sanskrit, also a tender vocative ('my dear'). Gauḍīyas hear the pun: the touch of the body is the touch of the dear one.
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saṅga
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by the contact
From √sañj. Saṅga in śāstra is often a danger (sat-saṅga vs. asat-saṅga), but here saṅga with a devotee is the very thing that draws the Lord's tears. Sat-saṅga at its absolute.
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nirvṛtaḥ
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ecstatic
Past participle of nir-√vṛt. Nirvṛti — the state of perfect satisfaction. Kṛṣṇa is ātmārāma yet attains nirvṛti from touching His bhakta. Gauḍīyas mark this as the doctrinal heart of bhakta-vatsalya.
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puṣkara - īkṣaṇaḥ
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the lotus-eyed Personality of Godhead
Compound: puṣkara (lotus) + īkṣaṇa (eye). The classic Kṛṣṇa-epithet; here the lotus-eyes drip — the very name flowers into tears.
Śrīdāmā was his friend, since they played together under the same teacher. Among all the friends he was dearest (priyasya), the object of special prema. He was a brāhmaṇa and a sage, who knew the glories of bhakti to the Lord. Kṛṣṇa was blissful and most affectionate (prītaḥ) to him. He shed tears with intensity (vi—amuñcat). He had most beautiful lotus eyes.
Śrīdāma was a friend (sakhyuḥ) because they had studied together, and moreover he was dear (priya) since he was the greatest devotee. Or he was a dear friend because he was a brāhmaṇa and a sage, who knew the glories of bhakti to the Lord. Thus the Lord became at ease (nirvṛtaḥ) and joyful (prītaḥ), embracing him tightly in all his limbs. Or the Lord was most joyful (nirvṛtaḥ) and full of prema (prītaḥ). He shed extraordinary tears (vi-muñcat) because his eyes were wide like lotus petals, suitable for shedding profuse tears. Or the lotus eyes indicates his beauty.
- Where in my devotion would tears be welcomed if I let them?
- Whose embrace makes me weep with the recognition of being known?
Two streams meeting after long separation — both run faster, neither holds back. Kṛṣṇa's tears at touching His friend's body are the Bhāgavatam's clearest portrait of bhakta-vatsalya: the Lord, untouched by anything, is touched by this body, and weeps.
When Mahāprabhu met Rāmānanda Rāya at Godāvarī, both wept openly at first touch — Caitanya-caritāmṛta records the sustained ecstasy of the meeting (Madhya 8).
Gauḍīyas read SB 10.80.19 as the source-līlā of which Mahāprabhu's tears with Rāmānanda are the recurrence: aṅga-saṅga of two who love Kṛṣṇa together produces tears, every time.
My note
Source: vedabase.io