SB 10.86.34 — FolioCorpus

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.86.34

योऽवतीर्य यदोर्वंशे नृणां संसरतामिह । यशो वितेने तच्छान्त्यै त्रैलोक्यवृजिनापहम् ॥ ३४ ॥

yo ’vatīrya yador vaṁśe

[yo ’vateerya yador vamshe]

nṛṇāṁ saṁsaratām iha

[nrinaam samsarataam iha]

yaśo vitene tac-chāntyai

[yasho vitene tach-chaantyai]

trai-lokya-vṛjināpaham

[trai-lokya-vrijinaapaham]

Word-for-word

yaḥ — who avatīrya — descending yadoḥ — of Yadu vaṁśe — into the dynasty nṛṇām — for people saṁsaratām — who are caught up in the cycle of birth and death iha — in this world yaśaḥ — Your fame vitene — has disseminated tat — of that (material existence) śāntyai — for the stopping trai - lokya — of the three worlds vṛjina — the sins apaham — which removes .

Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)

yo ’vatīrya yador vaṁśe

yaḥ

who

nṛṇāṁ saṁsaratām iha

yaśo vitene tac-chāntyai

trai-lokya-vṛjināpaham

avatīrya

descending

yadoḥ

of Yadu

vaṁśe

into the dynasty

nṛṇām

for people

saṁsaratām

who are caught up in the cycle of birth and death

iha

in this world

yaśaḥ

Your fame

vitene

has disseminated

tat

of that (material existence)

śāntyai

for the stopping

trai - lokya

of the three worlds

vṛjina

the sins

apaham

which removes .

Important Words

avatīrya — descending
Gerund of ava + √tṝ (to cross down). 'Having crossed down.' The technical term avatāra is built from this root — Bhagavān crosses down from His own dhāma to ours. Gauḍīyas catalog the avatāras while reserving 'svayam bhagavān' for Kṛṣṇa Himself (CC Ādi 2).
vaṁśe — into the dynasty
Locative of vaṁśa (bamboo, lineage). Kṛṣṇa took birth in the Yadu-vaṁśa as the family of His mādhurya pastimes. Gauḍīyas read the Yadu-vaṁśa as a dīkṣā-line — once a member, always under the Lord's protection (cf. Bhagavad-gītā 8.6's promise extended).
saṁsaratām — who are caught up in the cycle of birth and death
Genitive plural participle of sam + √sṛ (to flow, to cycle). The wheel-of-rebirth. The recipients of avatāra are precisely the saṁsaratām — Bhagavān descends not for the liberated but for the still-cycling.
vṛjina-apaham — which removes the sins
Compound: vṛjina (sin, twistedness) + apaham (removing). Kṛṣṇa's yaśas is named vṛjina-apaha. Gauḍīyas claim this for nāma-saṅkīrtana: just hearing or singing destroys vṛjina without other rituals.

Appearing in the Yadu dynasty, You have spread Your glories, which can remove all the sins of the three worlds, just to deliver those entrapped in the cycle of birth and death.

Gauḍīya Ācāryas

Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya

Translation

Appearing in the Yadu dynasty, You have spread Your glories, which can remove all the sins of the three worlds, just to deliver those entrapped in the cycle of birth and death.

Commentary

Appearing in the Yadu dynasty, You spread your fame which destroys all sin of the three worlds in order to stop the repeated cycles of birth and death of mankind (tat santyai).

Jīva Gosvāmī Gauḍīya

Commentary

Related to this, you have now appeared and distribute your quality of unlimited mercy everywhere to the highest degree. Being merciful to your pure devotees, in this world you have distributed your glories more than before (vi—tene).

Śrīdhara Svāmī Gauḍīya

Commentary

At this time all are delivered by your show of unlimited powers. This verse is connected the next verse. I offer respects to you, who have spread your glories. You have appeared in the Yadu dynasty on earth (iha) and have spread more than previously (vi-tene) your glories here or to the people in saṁsāra, to give them peace, extinction of saṁsāra (śāntyai). The reason is given. Those glories destroy completely (apa-ham) the suffering of saṁsāra for unlimited jīvas situated in the three worlds. Or you spread your glories for giving inconceivable (tat) happiness of prema (śāṇtyai) or for making the heart fixed in you by giving bhaki-rasa. Destruction of the suffering of saṁsāra, being a secondary result, is accomplished without effort. Your glories destroy saṁsāra in the three worlds. This agrees with the last meaning, according to bhakti.

Related values & verses

Related values

Sthitaprajna (Steady Wisdom)Vairagya (Detachment / Dispassion)Discriminative WisdomShanti (Peace / Tranquility)Seva (Service / Selfless Action)Saurya (Heroism / Bravery)Samata (Equanimity / Even-mindedness)Ishvara Pranidhana (Surrender to God)Aparigraha (Non-possessiveness)

Personal Guidance

Appearing in the Yadu dynasty, You spread Your glories that remove sins of three worlds. God's incarnation is not abstract; specific stories carry universal cleansing power.

Reflection Questions

Which Kṛṣṇa story removes a specific sin or shame I carry?
Where have I underestimated the cleansing power of simply hearing His pastimes?

Analogy

Bhagavān descended into the Yadu dynasty as a man enters a house — not for His sake but for the residents'. The avatāra's purpose is named bluntly: to deliver those caught in the wheel.

Stories

The fourfold purpose of avatāra

Bhagavad-gītā 4.8 — paritrāṇāya sādhūnāṁ vināśāya ca duṣkṛtām | dharma-saṁsthāpanārthāya sambhavāmi yuge yuge. Four reasons: protection of the good, destruction of the evil, re-establishment of dharma, and, the Gauḍīyas add, līlā-rasa-prakāśa.

Bahulāśva here cites the same doctrine. The verse is a small Gītā 4.7–8 in Bhāgavata format: Bhagavān descends for the saṁsarata-jīvas, His name disseminates fame that ends material existence.

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