Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.33.12
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
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tāmbūla-carvitam
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the chewed betel nut
Tāmbūla (betel) + carvita (chewed). Ucchiṣṭa — leftover from the Lord's own mouth. Gauḍīyas: Bhagavān's ucchiṣṭa is the highest prasāda; in mādhurya-rasa it becomes the lover's intimate gift.
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kuṇḍala-tviṣa
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with the glitter of her earrings
Kuṇḍala (earring) + tviṣ (glitter, light). The detail is Vraja-aesthetic — bodily ornaments contributing to bhāva. Rūpa Gosvāmī catalogs such uddīpana (stimulus) details in Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu.
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prādāt
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He carefully gave
Pra (forth) + adāt (aorist of √dā, to give). The careful, considered giving. Gauḍīyas: Bhagavān's giving is never careless in mādhurya — every gesture is exact, full of mood.
One gopi, whose cheeks shone because of the reflection of swinging earrings, touched her cheek to Krsna’s cheek out of fatigue. Krsna gave her some tambula chewed by himself, offering it to her as he kissed her. (pra = prakrsta in a a special way adhat he gave). This is Saibhya the gopi referred to in the last chapter, fifth verse.
Because of the similar description of the gopī who was given his chewed betel nut (SB 10.32.5), the gopī described in this verse must be Śaibyā. She placed her cheek on Kṛṣṇa’s on the pretext of being tired from dancing. He put in her mouth from his mouth his chewed betel with great love (pra—adāt). The genitive case (sandadhatyāḥ) is used as poetic license or to express deep in the meaning.
The genitive case (sandadhatyāḥ) is used for the dative (he gave to the gopī who had placed her cheek on his). She did this on the pretext of fatigue. He put in her mouth from his mouth his chewed betel with great love (pra—adāt).
A king gives the chewed betel from his own mouth only to his most intimate — what would be impure between strangers is the highest favor between lovers. So Kṛṣṇa's tāmbūla, already touched by His lips, becomes the gopī's coronation.
Caitanya-caritāmṛta records how Mahāprabhu would press His own remnant-food into the hands of His most beloved devotees — Sanātana, Rūpa, Raghunātha. The remnant was treasure; the touch of the Lord's mouth made it the highest sevya.
Gauḍīyas trace ucchiṣṭa-prasāda theology back to moments like this betel-exchange: what looks 'used' to the world is the highest mercy in bhakti.
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Source: vedabase.io