Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.23.24
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
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tyakta-sarva-āśāḥ
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having given up all material desires
Compound: tyakta (abandoned) + sarva (all) + āśāḥ (hopes). The exact specification of niṣkāma-bhakti — Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu's anyābhilāṣitā-śūnyam in narrative form. The wives' qualification is named before Kṛṣṇa speaks.
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ātma-didṛkṣayā
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with the desire of seeing Himself
Compound: ātma (self) + didṛkṣayā (desiderative of √dṛś, 'desire to see'). Kṛṣṇa is the ātmā the wives have come to see — He is named here as the Self of all selves.
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akhila-dṛk
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of the vision of all creatures
Compound: akhila (all) + dṛk (seer). Kṛṣṇa as the all-witnessing dṛk — He has watched their entire interior arc. Nothing they did was hidden, and nothing they did was unwitnessed.
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prahasita-ānanaḥ
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with a smile upon His face
Compound: prahasita (smiled) + ānanaḥ (face). The smile that the wives will be looking at — and that He is now turning back on them. Bhakti returns the gaze it has been giving.
Seeing them there in that state (tah tatha), standing stunned with the plates of food in their hands, the witness of all peoples’ intelligence (akhila drg drasta) began laughing and spoke.
He understood they came with a desire to see him because he is the witness of all intelligence (akhila-dṛg-draṣṭā) or he is the witness of all jīvas. His smile indicates his sweet cleverness in cheating.
Because he was the witness of all intelligence (akhila-dṛg-draṣṭā) he understood them. Or though he understood them he spoke, showing logic (pra), since he was knowledge of all types of knowledge (akhila-dṛg-draṣṭā). He thought, “It is not proper to accept these brāhmaṇas women as servants.” Or he thought, “It is not proper for me to marry while I live in Vraja.” He smiled cheerfully, considering that by rejecting them they would suffer. Or he smiled, considering how they should become peaceful by his speech. And smiling was natural to his face.
A father who has watched his daughter pack her bag at midnight does not need her to explain why she stands at his door — Kṛṣṇa sees the wives' interior decision already complete, and meets it with the next move.
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