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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.84.57-58

धृतराष्ट्रोऽनुज: पार्था भीष्मो द्रोण: पृथा यमौ । नारदो भगवान् व्यास: सुहृत्सम्बन्धिबान्धवा: ॥ ५७ ॥ बन्धून् परिष्वज्य यदून् सौहृदाक्लिन्नचेतस: । ययुर्विरहकृच्छ्रेण स्वदेशांश्चापरे जना: ॥ ५८ ॥
dhṛtarāṣṭro ’nujaḥ pārthā
[dhritaraashtro ’nujah paarthaa]
bhīṣmo droṇaḥ pṛthā yamau
[bheeshmo dronah prithaa yamau]
nārado bhagavān vyāsaḥ
[naarado bhagavaan vyaasah]
suhṛt-sambandhi-bāndhavāḥ
[suhrit-sambandhi-baandhavaah]
bandhūn pariṣvajya yadūn
[bandhoon parishvajya yadoon]
sauhṛdāklinna-cetasaḥ
[sauhridaaklinna-chetasah]
yayur viraha-kṛcchreṇa
[yayur viraha-krichchrena]
sva-deśāṁś cāpare janāḥ
[sva-deshaamsh chaapare janaah]
Word-for-word
dhṛtarāṣṭraḥ — Dhṛtarāṣṭra anujaḥ — (Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s) younger brother (Vidura) pārthāḥ — the sons of Pṛthā (Yudhiṣṭhira, Bhīma and Arjuna) bhīṣmaḥ — Bhīṣma droṇaḥ — Droṇa pṛthā — Kuntī yamau — the twins (Nakula and Sahadeva) nāradaḥ — Nārada bhagavān vyāsaḥ — the Personality of Godhead Vyāsadeva suhṛt — friends sambandhi — immediate family members bāndhavāḥ — and other relatives bandhūn — their relatives and friends pariṣvajya — embracing yadūn — the Yadus sauhṛda — out of feelings of friendship āklinna — melting cetasaḥ — their hearts yayuḥ — they went viraha — because of becoming separated kṛcchreṇa — with difficulty sva — to their respective deśān — kingdoms ca — also apare — the other janāḥ — people .
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
dhṛtarāṣṭro ’nujaḥ pārthā
dhṛtarāṣṭraḥ
Dhṛtarāṣṭra
bhīṣmo droṇaḥ pṛthā yamau
nārado bhagavān vyāsaḥ
anujaḥ
(Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s) younger brother (Vidura)
suhṛt-sambandhi-bāndhavāḥ
bandhūn pariṣvajya yadūn
pārthāḥ
the sons of Pṛthā (Yudhiṣṭhira, Bhīma and Arjuna)
bhīṣmaḥ
Bhīṣma
droṇaḥ
Droṇa
pṛthā
Kuntī
yamau
the twins (Nakula and Sahadeva)
sauhṛdāklinna-cetasaḥ
nāradaḥ
Nārada
bhagavān vyāsaḥ
the Personality of Godhead Vyāsadeva
suhṛt
friends
sambandhi
immediate family members
bāndhavāḥ
and other relatives
bandhūn
their relatives and friends
yayur viraha-kṛcchreṇa
sva-deśāṁś cāpare janāḥ
pariṣvajya
embracing
yadūn
the Yadus
sauhṛda
out of feelings of friendship
āklinna
melting
cetasaḥ
their hearts
yayuḥ
they went
viraha
because of becoming separated
kṛcchreṇa
with difficulty
sva
to their respective
deśān
kingdoms
ca
also
apare
the other
janāḥ
people .
Important Words
  • sauhṛda-āklinna-cetasaḥ — whose hearts are melting from feelings of friendship
    sauhṛda (friendship) + ā + √klid (to be wet, melt) + cetas (heart). Hearts liquefied by affection. Gauḍīyas read āklinna-cetas as the bodily mark of prema — the heart literally giving up its shape.
  • viraha-kṛcchreṇa — with the pain of separation
    viraha (separation) + kṛcchra (pain). The Gauḍīya signature category. Gauḍīyas hold viraha as the highest pitch of prema, exemplified by the gopīs at Kurukṣetra (later in this canto, SB 10.82) and by Caitanya's last twelve years.
  • bhagavān vyāsaḥ — the Personality of Godhead Vyāsadeva
    Bhagavān + Vyāsa. Vyāsa addressed as bhagavān — a śakti-āveśa-avatāra. Gauḍīyas note that Vyāsa is called bhagavān because he is the literary embodiment of Bhagavān's own self-disclosure as scripture.
  • pariṣvajya — embracing
    pari + √svaj (to embrace). The closing-embrace before departure. Gauḍīyas note the physical register: the verse measures dharmic-relation in actual embraces, not in abstract sentiment.
The Yadus were all embraced by their friends, close family members and other relatives, including Dhṛtarāṣṭra and his younger brother, Vidura; Pṛthā and her sons; Bhīṣma; Droṇa; the twins Nakula and Sahadeva; Nārada; and Vedavyāsa, the Personality of Godhead. Their hearts melting with affection, these and the other guests left for their kingdoms, their progress slowed by the pain of separation.
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
The Yadus were all embraced by their friends, close family members and other relatives, including Dhṛtarāṣṭra and his younger brother, Vidura; Pṛthā and her sons; Bhīṣma; Droṇa; the twins Nakula and Sahadeva; Nārada; and Vedavyāsa, the Personality of Godhead. Their hearts melting with affection, these and the other guests left for their kingdoms, their progress slowed by the pain of separation.
Commentary

Anuja (younger brother) refers to Vidura.

Jīva Gosvāmī Gauḍīya
Commentary

Friends, relatives and others embraced the Yādavas. Pained by the separation they departed. Others (Duryodhana etc.) however were indifferent.

Śrīdhara Svāmī Gauḍīya
Commentary

Vyāsa is called bhagavān because he is an avatāra. Both Nārada and Vyāsa were great gurus and elders. Their hearts melted with affection because they were their friends (bandhūn) and Yadus. Pained by the separation they departed. Others (Duryodhana etc.) however were indifferent.

Related values & verses
Related values
Discriminative WisdomShraddha (Faith / Reverence)Bhakti (Devotion)Guru Bhakti (Reverence for Teacher)
Related verses
BG 17.14 BG 12.1 BG 3.3 BG 4.8 BG 4.34 BG 12.5 BG 6.1 BG 3.21 BG 13.3 BG 13.8 BG 6.47 BG 6.13
Concepts
JivaAvatara
Related lectures
Personal Guidance
The Yadus embrace friends and family. Holy sacrifice ends in embrace — devotion is not finished until human warmth has expressed itself. Ritual without affection is incomplete.
Reflection Questions
  • After my last prayer, did I turn to embrace someone, or stay folded inward?
  • Whom does my devotion still owe a hug?
Analogy

The Pāṇḍavas, Bhīṣma, Droṇa, Vidura, Nārada, Vyāsa — names that the Bhāgavatam keeps on its lap — embrace the Yadus and depart with hearts melting from sauhṛda. Vasudeva's yajña has succeeded in a register no homa-fire can record: every guest leaves the field carrying separation-pain back to his kingdom. The verse measures success in viraha.

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