Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.85.52
इत्युक्त्वा तान् समादाय इन्द्रसेनेन पूजितौ ।
पुनर्द्वारवतीमेत्य मातु: पुत्रानयच्छताम् ॥ ५२ ॥
ity uktvā tān samādāya
[ity uktvaa taan samaadaaya]
indrasenena pūjitau
[indrasenena poojitau]
punar dvāravatīm etya
[punar dvaaravateem etya]
mātuḥ putrān ayacchatām
[maatuh putraan ayachchataam]
Word-for-word
iti
—
thus
uktvā
—
speaking
tān
—
them
samādāya
—
taking
indrasenena
—
by Bali Mahārāja
pūjitau
—
both honored
punaḥ
—
once more
dvāravatīm
—
to Dvārakā
etya
—
going
mātuḥ
—
of Their mother
putrān
—
the sons
ayacchatām
—
They presented .
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
ity uktvā tān samādāya
iti
thus
uktvā
speaking
tān
them
samādāya
taking
indrasenena pūjitau
indrasenena
by Bali Mahārāja
pūjitau
both honored
punar dvāravatīm etya
punaḥ
once more
dvāravatīm
to Dvārakā
etya
going
mātuḥ putrān ayacchatām
mātuḥ
of Their mother
putrān
the sons
ayacchatām
They presented .
Important Words
-
indrasenena pūjitau
—
worshiped by Indrasena (Bali)
Compound + dual: Bali called by his epithet 'commander of Indra-like armies' + worshiped (dual). The leave-taking is also a worship — Bali sees Them off with full upacāra. Gauḍīyas: every meeting with the Lord opens and closes with worship.
-
samādāya
—
having taken
Gerund of sam + ā + √dā. The verb of gathering up. The brothers take the six as one takes children's hands — directly, without intermediary.
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dvāravatīm etya
—
having reached Dvārakā
Accusative + gerund: Dvārakā (the city) + e + √i. The return-arc completes. Sutala → Dvārakā in one verbal phrase — Yoga-māyā again as transport.
-
ayacchatām
—
the two of Them offered (presented)
Dual imperfect of √yam, 'to give, offer'. The handing-over verb. Devakī's six-decade prayer ends in a single hand-to-hand transfer.
[Śukadeva Gosvāmī continued:] After saying this, Lord Kṛṣṇa and Lord Balarāma, having been duly worshiped by Bali Mahārāja, took the six sons and returned to Dvārakā, where They presented them to Their mother.
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura
Gauḍīya
Translation
[Śukadeva Gosvāmī continued:] After saying this, Lord Kṛṣṇa and Lord Balarāma, having been duly worshiped by Bali Mahārāja, took the six sons and returned to Dvārakā, where They presented them to Their mother.
Jīva Gosvāmī
Gauḍīya
Commentary
Taking them, fully clothed, by the hand (sam—ādāya), honored by Bali with offerings, they returned to Dvārakā; and presented the sons to their mother (mātuḥ should be mātre).
Related values & verses
Related values
Aparigraha (Non-possessiveness)Seva (Service / Selfless Action)Tyaga (Renunciation / Letting Go)Yajña (Sacrifice / Spirit of Offering)Dana (Charity / Generosity)Bhakti (Devotion)Nishkama Karma (Selfless Action)Prema (Divine Love)
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Concepts
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Personal Guidance
After being worshipped by Bali, Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma return with the boys. Even a divine errand includes proper ceremony — hospitality is woven into the mission's success.
Reflection Questions
- Where do I treat hospitality as optional padding rather than essential mission?
- What ceremony around my errands would honor those who help me complete them?
Analogy
A delivery completed exactly as promised. The two brothers walk in with six children where they had walked in alone, and the receiver is Devakī. The smallest gestures — taking, returning, presenting — frame the entire chapter's cosmic detour.
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