Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.89.12
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
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mandrayā-girā
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by His deep, solemn voice
Instrumental: mandra (deep) + girā (voice). The grave register of the Lord's speech. Gauḍīyas note that Bhagavān's vāṇī is a separate object of meditation — His voice itself awakens bhāva.
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nirvṛtaḥ
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satisfied, blissful
Past participle of nir + √vṛt (to come to rest). The sage's mind reaches stillness — not by argument resolving, but by the heart being filled.
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tarpitaḥ
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gratified
From √tṛp (to be satiated). The same root as tarpaṇa, the ritual offering. Gauḍīyas read the reversal: Bhṛgu came to offer a test, and is himself satiated as if he were the deity receiving tarpaṇa.
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bhakti-utkaṇṭhaḥ
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with throat choked by devotion
Compound: bhakti (devotion) + utkaṇṭha (longing, choked throat). The technical term for one of the aṣṭa-sāttvika-bhāvas — bodily symptoms of awakened prema. The chapter that began as tattva-vicāra ends in śāstra-grade bhāva.
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aśru-locanaḥ
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with tears in the eyes
Compound: aśru (tears) + locana (eye). Another sāttvika-bhāva. Rūpa Gosvāmī catalogues these in Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu as the body's involuntary signature of prema; Bhṛgu's eyes manifest it on the spot.
Bhṛgu could not offer the Lord any words of praise because his throat was choking with tears of ecstasy. In the opinion of Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī, the sage should not be condemned for his offensive behavior, since his role in this transcendental pastime was arranged by the Personality of Godhead.
Pleased by the Lord’s deep words, Bhrgu remained silent, unable to recite praises as his voice was choked by his tears. Ancient authorities consider that Bhrgu did not commit offense since he was like a puppet being made to dance by the puppeteer in the form of the Lord’s pastimes.
On hearing the words of the son of Vikuṇṭha, Bhṛgu was at ease in his mind since he was pleased. Tears choked his voice because of his prema mixed with reverence. Tears came to his eyes.
On hearing the words of the son of Vikuṇṭhā or the words of the lord of Vaikuṇṭḥa, Bhṛgu was at ease in his mind since he was pleased. The words were suitable because they came from the lord of Vaikuṇṭha. It is understood that Bhṛgu went to the Vaikuṇtḥa created in the material world to please Lakṣmī. He could go there because he was the father of Lakṣmī, and to produce respect for the Lord by the manifestion of great fortune there. It was impossible to go the Vaikuṇṭha in the spiritual world immediately to test the Lord, since it was beyond the material realm. His heart was at rest because he was pleased (tarpitaḥ). Thus he became eager for bhakti, or prema came gushing from his throat. This means he was choked with tears.
- What demonstrations of true greatness have moved me more than dramatic ones?
- Where do I still confuse power with greatness?
Bhṛgu came to test a tattva; he leaves with tears. The intellect's question dissolves into the heart's response. This is the Bhāgavatam's standard arc: śravaṇa of Bhagavān's reply produces not a conclusion but bhakti-utkaṇṭha — yearning that overflows the eyes.
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