Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.84.70
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
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kṛṣṇa-devatāḥ
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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.
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prāvṛṣam
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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.
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dvāravatīm
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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.
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pratiyāteṣu
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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.
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.
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.
- 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.
My note
Source: vedabase.io