Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.87.47
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
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dvaipāyanasya
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Dvaipāyana Vedavyāsa
Genitive of Dvaipāyana — born on an island (dvīpa). Vyāsa's birth-name. Gauḍīyas honour him as the chief compiler of the Vedas and the author of the Bhāgavatam. The chapter we are reading was placed by him at exactly Canto 10, Chapter 87.
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ādyam-ṛṣim
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the foremost sage
Phrase: ādya (first, foremost) + ṛṣi. Nārāyaṇa Ṛṣi is ādya among ṛṣis. Gauḍīyas: this is consistent with Mahābhārata's Nara-Nārāyaṇa frame — Nārāyaṇa as the eternal guru-archetype.
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ānamya
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bowing down
Gerund of ā + √nam. Praṇāma is the connective gesture across all the chapter's narrative seams. Gauḍīyas: bhakti structurally includes bow-down — vandanam as one of the nine limbs (SB 7.5.23).
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śiṣyān
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to the disciples
Accusative plural of śiṣya. Even Nārada bows to the guru's disciples. Gauḍīyas: this is parama-vaiṣṇava etiquette — Vaiṣṇavas honour all Vaiṣṇavas, not only those above them in seniority.
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sākṣāt
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direct, in person
Avyaya. Nārada goes directly — not by report. Gauḍīyas: paramparā is sākṣāt — face-to-face transmission, not textual broadcasting alone.
"Iti" can mean either method or completion. Thus ther e are two meanings of the verse. Paying respects to Narayan rsi in this manner (iti), by reciting prayers to Krsna, he left the asrama and went to vyasadeva’s asrama. Or the meaning can be: After having completed his prayers to Krsna (iti), then paying his respects to Narayana rsi, he then left the asrama and went to the asrama of Vyasadeva.
He went without delay to the āśrama of Vedavyāsa, where Śukadeva did not reside. In Brahma-vaivarta Purāṇa it is explained that Śukadeva was in the womb of Vyāsa’s wife, bu remained there for many years by his power of yoga. His father begged him, and asked why he did not come out of the womb. “Why should I come out? Immediately on coming out I will be covered by the Lord’s māyā.” Hearing this, Vyāsa went to Dvārakā on his instructions, and brought Kṛṣṇa, Svayam Bhagavān. The Lord said, “You mother is suffering. Why do you not come out?” Hearing this, and requested by the Lord, he said, “If you remove māyā, then I will come out.” This was accepted by the Lord, and Śukadeva came out. He then left Vyāsa’s āśrama and wandered about.
Offering respects and asking permission to leave, he departed. Another version has āmantrya with the same meaning. He offered respects to the main inhabitants of Kalāpagrāma (śiṣyān), though he was Brahmā’s son. That was because they were also great devotees (mahātmanaḥ). Then (tataḥ) he departed. This indicates his great courtesy. Or he departed from Nārāyaṇa’s hermitage (tataḥ). He went to the famous (sākṣāt) hermitage called Badarī. Because of this place Vyāsa is called Bādarāyaṇa.
- Whom have I bowed to once that I should bow to again this week?
- Where do I treat one act of respect as final when it should be ongoing?
Having received and articulated the highest, Nārada bows once more to Nārāyaṇa Ṛṣi and His disciples — for paramparā moves not by overtaking but by bowing. Then he travels straight to Vyāsa's hermitage: the next link, who will fold this chapter into the Bhāgavatam itself.
My note
Source: vedabase.io