Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.23.46
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
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pūrṇa-kāmasya
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of Him whose every possible desire is fulfilled
Compound: pūrṇa (full) + kāmasya (genitive of kāma, desire). Bhagavān as ātmārāma — already self-satisfied. The Gauḍīya tattva-mark: there is no need driving His action. Whatever He does is līlā, never lack.
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kaivalya-ādi-āśiṣām-pateḥ
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the master of liberation and all other transcendental benedictions
Compound: kaivalya (liberation) + ādi (etc.) + āśiṣām (genitive plural of āśiṣ, benediction) + pateḥ (master). The brāhmaṇas, who chase liberation themselves, name the One who hands it out — and who is now begging from them.
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īśitavyaiḥ
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with those who are meant to be controlled
Future passive participle of √īś — 'those to be ruled.' The brāhmaṇas locate themselves correctly: created beings whose purpose is to be controlled, not to control. Bhakta's basic ontological placement.
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viḍambanam
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pretense
From vi + √ḍamb — 'to imitate, mock, dramatize.' Bhagavān's līlā as deliberate viḍambana of human ways. Gauḍīya tattva: not deception, but rasa-staged transparency for those who know how to look.
Although Lord Kṛṣṇa is the Absolute Truth, He humbly sent His cowherd boyfriends to beg food from the brāhmaṇas. In so doing, He exposed the brāhmaṇas’ foolish arrogance and established the glories of His own transcendental beauty by attracting their very wives to surrender at His lotus feet.
"Krsna begged rice because he was hungry, not to show mercy. And you should not say that he is ever satisfied, because he performs activities like herding cows for some purpose." This verse answers these objections. "The goddess of wealth constantly (asakrt) worships him, giving up her natural tendency of fickleness (satma dosasya apavargena), but still he asks for food. That is bewildering to people like us. We think he is not the Lord because of such actions."
“He just asked us for food through the boys, and did not make us remember him.” If he did not make us remember (anyathā), then what else was his purpose? “Well, since he is complete in himself, let us admit he had no purpose in asking for food. But he did it because the cowherd boys were hunger.” Yes, he is complete (pūrṇa-kamasya) but he is capable of giving anything, being the master of all things such as liberation or prema (kaivalya) as well as other blessings. Prema can be called kaivalya (exclusive) since it excludes all other results by being pure love. Since he is complete and since he can give anything, he has no purpose in approaching us, who are incapable of doing anything (īśitavyaiḥ). It is the ploy (vidāmbanam) of the Lord to give us mercy.
Why would a king walk through his own city in beggar's clothing asking for bread? Only to show his subjects something the throne could never teach — Kṛṣṇa's begging is pedagogy, not need. Bhagavān's apparent neediness is the deepest curriculum.
My note
Source: vedabase.io