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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.84.70

बन्धुषु प्रतियातेषु वृष्णय: कृष्णदेवता: । वीक्ष्य प्रावृषमासन्नाद् ययुर्द्वारवतीं पुन: ॥ ७० ॥
bandhuṣu pratiyāteṣu
[bandhushu pratiyaateshu]
vṛṣṇayaḥ kṛṣṇa-devatāḥ
[vrishnayah krishna-devataah]
vīkṣya prāvṛṣam āsannād
[veekshya praavrisham aasannaad]
yayur dvāravatīṁ punaḥ
[yayur dvaaravateem punah]
bandhuṣu — their relatives pratiyāteṣu — having departed vṛṣṇayaḥ — the Vṛṣṇis kṛṣṇa - devatāḥ — whose worshipable Deity was Kṛṣṇa vīkṣya — seeing prāvṛṣam — the rainy season āsannāt — imminent yayuḥ — went dvāravatīm — to Dvārakā punaḥ — again .
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
bandhuṣu pratiyāteṣu
bandhuṣu
their relatives
pratiyāteṣu
having departed
vṛṣṇayaḥ kṛṣṇa-devatāḥ
vṛṣṇayaḥ
the Vṛṣṇis
kṛṣṇa - devatāḥ
whose worshipable Deity was Kṛṣṇa
vīkṣya prāvṛṣam āsannād
vīkṣya
seeing
prāvṛṣam
the rainy season
āsannāt
imminent
yayur dvāravatīṁ punaḥ
yayuḥ
went
dvāravatīm
to Dvārakā
punaḥ
again .
  • kṛṣṇa-devatāḥ — whose worshipable Deity is Kṛṣṇa
    kṛṣṇa + devatā (worshipable). The Vṛṣṇis are kṛṣṇaika-devatā. Gauḍīyas read this as the verse's quiet declaration: the entire Yadu clan is, on the Bhāgavata's reckoning, a worshipping community whose iṣṭa-devatā is Kṛṣṇa Himself.
  • prāvṛṣam — the rainy season
    From √vṛṣ (to rain). The monsoon. Gauḍīyas note the seasonal register: the chapter began at the eclipse and ends with the monsoon's approach. Time has moved; the cosmic event that gathered everyone is over.
  • dvāravatīm — to Dvārakā
    From dvāra (gate). The city with many gates. Gauḍīyas treat Dvārakā as Kṛṣṇa's prabhava-pīṭha in the aiśvarya-register — the queenly capital that complements Vraja's mādhurya.
  • pratiyāteṣu — having departed
    Locative plural of prati + yāta (gone back). Used in the locative-absolute construction with bandhuṣu (relatives). Gauḍīyas note the verse's grammar: only after relatives have departed do the Vṛṣṇis turn home — the departure is not abandonment but completion.
Their relatives having thus departed, and seeing that the rainy season was approaching, the Vṛṣṇis, whose only Lord was Kṛṣṇa, went back to Dvārakā.
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Their relatives having thus departed, and seeing that the rainy season was approaching, the Vṛṣṇis, whose only Lord was Kṛṣṇa, went back to Dvārakā.
Jīva Gosvāmī Gauḍīya
Commentary

When their friends Nanda and others had gone back with conviction, the Vṛṣṇis could not stay in that place a moment longer, because on remembering the people of Vraja at that place, they felt intense separation. Their alternative would be to go to Vraja. They returned to Dvārakā because they had Kṛṣṇa as their deity. They followed his actions.

Śrīdhara Svāmī Gauḍīya
Commentary

When their friends Nanda and others had gone back with conviction, the Vṛṣṇis could not stay in that place a moment longer, because on remembering the people of Vraja at that place, they felt intense separation. They could not stay in Kurukṣetra. With Kṛṣṇa as their deity (devatāḥ), because Kṛṣnā attracted all hearts, they returned to Dvārakā. They followed his actions.

Related values
Vairagya (Detachment / Dispassion)Discriminative WisdomKartavya (Duty / Responsibility)
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Concepts
Jiva
As the rainy season approaches, the Vṛṣṇis return to Dvārakā. Even the most beautiful gathering must end so that ordinary life resumes — devotion includes returning home to duties.
Reflection Questions
  • What spiritual high am I trying to extend beyond its appointed time?
  • How do I carry the festival back into the rainy season's daily work?

With Vraja gone and the monsoon coming, the Vṛṣṇis turn back to Dvārakā — kṛṣṇa-devatāḥ, those whose Deity is Kṛṣṇa. The phrase quietly does the chapter's work in two compound members: the Yadus are not just royals returning home, they are Kṛṣṇa-worshipers traveling with their Deity in the chariot.

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