Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.84.60
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
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añjasā
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easily
From √añj (to anoint, smooth). Done smoothly. Gauḍīyas note that yajña done with the right yajamāna feels like nothing — the ease is itself the testimony that Bhagavān was at the receiving end.
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manaḥ-ratha
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of his desires (literally, mind-chariot)
manas (mind) + ratha (chariot). The chariot of the wishing-mind. Gauḍīyas note the imagery: desire treated as a vehicle that carries one across an ocean — once the destination is reached, the chariot is parked.
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spṛśan
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touching
Present participle of √spṛś. Vasudeva touches Nanda's hand (kare spṛśan) before speaking. Gauḍīyas note that the Bhāgavatam often signals the gravity of a coming speech by recording a touch — a hand on the arm, dust from feet — before the words begin.
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uttīrya
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having crossed over
Gerund of ud + √tṝ. To cross up and over. The same root as tīrtha. Gauḍīyas note the structural pun — yajña has been Vasudeva's tīrtha, and he has crossed.
Crossing the great ocean of his desire, the performance of the sacrifice, by completing it successfully, Vasudeva spoke to Nanda.
After the death of Kaṁsa, Vasudeva had the desire that he along with Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma should meet the people of Vraja somewhere and have a huge festival with all friends, sages and kings. He was now pleased to have crossed over very easily that great ocean—something hard to arrange. On another day, surrounded by friends, with all his brothers and elders, he went to Nanda’s residence. Sitting on a seat, facing Nanda and taking his hand in affection, he spoke to him. He had come to pacify Nanda at the upcoming suffering at the time of separating from Kṛṣṇa.
After the death of Kaṁsa, Vasudeva had the desire that he along with Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma should meet the people of Vraja somewhere and have a huge festival with all friends, sages and kings. He was now pleased to have crossed very easily over that great ocean—something hard to arrange. All the Yādavas had gathered there (suhṛd vṛtaḥ). Or though surrounded by friends, he ignored others, and concentrated on his best friend Nanda. Out of affecton, he held Nanda’s hand gently.
- What ambition of mine, if completed, would actually leave me satisfied — or restless for the next?
- Where do I assume more ambition is the cure when satisfaction is the answer?
Vasudeva has crossed the ocean of his manas-ratha — the wish-chariot of his desires — and the crossing is described as 'easily' (añjasā). Yajña, when actually executed, is not heavy. He takes Nanda's hand: the gesture of a man finished with his own business and ready to attend to the friend whose company outweighs it.
My note
Source: vedabase.io