Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.20.33
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
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yoga-niṣevayā
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by the practice of yoga
Compound: yoga + niṣevā (close practice). In Gauḍīya reading, the highest yoga is bhakti-yoga (Gītā 6.47 — yoginām api sarveṣāṁ). The verse's 'yoga' is read as bhakti-yoga's return.
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bhraṣṭānām
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of those who have fallen
Past participle genitive plural — of the fallen. Bhakti's particular generosity: it names fall (bhraṣṭa) and offers re-entry. Gauḍīyas read this verse alongside Gītā 6.40 — na hi kalyāṇa-kṛt kaścid durgatiṁ tāta gacchati.
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prakṛtim-yayuḥ
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returned to their original nature
Prakṛti here = svarūpa, original nature. Gauḍīyas note: the jīva's prakṛti is dāsya/sakhya/vātsalya/mādhurya with Kṛṣṇa, not formless brahmatva. The verse hints that bhakti returns the soul to its true relational shape.
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nīraja-utpattyā
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by the regeneration of lotuses
Compound: nīra-ja (water-born = lotus) + utpatti (arising). The lotus regenerates with the autumn. Kṛṣṇa's eyes and feet are lotus-like; autumn is iconographic Vraja-season.
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cetāṁsi
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minds
Plural of cetas — mind, consciousness. The same word as v. 14's cittam (cognate). The yogīs' minds, like the lakes, are cleansed. Gauḍīyas distinguish citta-śuddhi (a mental result) from bhāva (a heart-condition produced by bhakti).
Because of the autumn season, during which the lotuses bloomed, the waters became clear, just like by practice of bhakti seva the heart becomes purified and the lord appears. The autumn season is compared to the bhakti seva, the lake to the heart, and the appearance of Krsna is compared to the lotus. This is a positive example.
The water became clear with the arrival of autumn when lotuses bloomed. This meaning, of the two alternatives offered by Śrīdhara Svāmī, is acceptable.
The minds of those who have fallen from yoga because of obstacles and are impure become pure again by practice of yoga. The lotus helps the water become pure.
Autumn regenerates the lotuses and clears the lakes — as the practice of bhakti, returning, cleans the minds of fallen yogīs. The verse is generous to lapsed sādhakas: prakṛtim yayuḥ — they return to their original nature. There is no permanent fall in Bhāgavatam-theology. The lake forgets the rain; the soul forgets the slip.
Mahārāja Bharata fell from his bhakti by attachment to a deer, was born a deer, then a brāhmaṇa as Jaḍa-Bharata — and finally taught Rahūgaṇa King the highest jñāna-bhakti (SB 5.7–14). His prakṛti returned, slowly, through grace. The verse's metaphor is his story.
Gauḍīyas insist on this generosity. No fall is final for one who began as a yogī; bhakti's autumn always comes again.
My note
Source: vedabase.io