Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.18.19
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
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vihāra-vit
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the knower of all sports and games
Vihāra (play, recreation) + vit (knower). A title applied to Bhagavān only inside the Vraja-līlā context. He is not merely the knower of Vedas — He is the knower of how children divide into teams. Gauḍīyas treat this epithet as one of His Vraja-svarūpa names.
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upāhūya
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calling
Upa+ā+√hū — to call near. The Lord calls — the same verb used when He summons devotees through saṅkīrtana. Here His call is to come and play.
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he gopāḥ
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O cowherd boys
Vocative direct address. He calls them gopāḥ — naming their svarūpa, not their personal names. In Gauḍīya rasa-śāstra, address by category-of-rasa is itself a rasa-deepening act.
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vihariṣyāmaḥ
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let us play
First person plural future of vi+√hṛ. The verb is inclusive — let us — Bhagavān places Himself inside the playing group. No spectator-Godhead here.
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dvandvī-bhūya
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dividing into two groups
Dvandva (pair, dyad) + bhū (become). To pair up. Gauḍīyas note that the cosmos itself is dvandvātmaka — pairs of opposites — and Bhagavān playfully imposes this structure on a children's game.
The word yathā-yatham means that Kṛṣṇa naturally wanted the two teams to be evenly matched so that there would be a good game. In addition to the pleasure of sporting, the purpose of the game was to kill the demon Pralamba.
He then spoke specifically (pra aha) to attract Pralamba, in order to kill him. Kṛṣṇa is called vihara-vit because he was knowledgeable of everything about the game.
He then spoke specifically (pra aha) to attract Pralamba, in order to kill him. Kṛṣṇa is called vihara-vit because he was knowledgeable of everything about the game: by this game he would make Balarāma happy and have him get on Pralamba’s shoulders. Or he know all aspects of this particular game.
The same Lord who organizes the cosmos is now organizing the team-picking on a forest afternoon. Vihāra-vit — knower of all sports — is the title He wears here, and team-formation is the cosmic act before our eyes.
My note
Source: vedabase.io