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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.36.28

భో భో దానపతే మహ్యం క్రియతాం మైత్రమాద‍ృత: । నాన్యస్త్వత్తో హితతమో విద్యతే భోజవృష్ణిషు ॥ ౨౮ ॥
bho bho dāna-pate mahyaṁ
[bho bho daana-pate mahyam]
kriyatāṁ maitram ādṛtaḥ
[kriyataam maitram aadritah]
nānyas tvatto hitatamo
[naanyas tvatto hitatamo]
vidyate bhoja-vṛṣṇiṣu
[vidyate bhoja-vrishnishu]
bhoḥ bhoḥ — my dear dāna — of charity pate — master mahyam — for me kriyatām — please do maitram — a friendly favor ādṛtaḥ — out of respect na — none anyaḥ — other tvattaḥ — than yourself hita - tamaḥ — who acts most favorably vidyate — exists bhoja - vṛṣṇiṣu — among the Bhojas and Vṛṣṇis .
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
bho bho dāna-pate mahyaṁ
bhoḥ bhoḥ
my dear
dāna
of charity
pate
master
mahyam
for me
kriyatāṁ maitram ādṛtaḥ
kriyatām
please do
maitram
a friendly favor
ādṛtaḥ
out of respect
nānyas tvatto hitatamo
na
none
anyaḥ
other
tvattaḥ
than yourself
hita - tamaḥ
who acts most favorably
vidyate bhoja-vṛṣṇiṣu
vidyate
exists
bhoja - vṛṣṇiṣu
among the Bhojas and Vṛṣṇis .
  • dāna - pate — O master of charity
    Dāna (charity) + pati (master). Akrūra's lineage of giving — he is famed as a great dānī. Kaṁsa praises him for the very virtue Kaṁsa lacks, in order to use it.
  • maitram — a friendly favor
    From mitra (friend). The mitra-bhāva Kaṁsa asks for is, in the bhakti-rasa-śāstra, the foundation of sakhya-bhakti — but applied here in mockery, between conspirators. The word resonates against its rasa-meaning.
  • bhoja - vṛṣṇiṣu — among the Bhojas and Vṛṣṇis
    Bhoja (Kaṁsa's clan) + Vṛṣṇi (Vasudeva-Akrūra's clan). Both branches of the Yadus. Kaṁsa names the family-spectrum across which he is asking Akrūra to act.
  • hita - tamaḥ — the most well-wishing
    Hita (beneficial) + superlative -tama. The same root that gave a-hita in verse 25 (where Kaṁsa named Kṛṣṇa-Balarāma as his enemies). The word-pair brackets the chapter: Kaṁsa labels people who help him with hita and people who threaten him with ahita — a moral grammar built entirely around his own survival.
My dear Akrūra, most charitable one, please do me a friendly favor out of respect. Among the Bhojas and Vṛṣṇis, there is no one else as kind to us as you.
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
My dear Akrūra, most charitable one, please do me a friendly favor out of respect. Among the Bhojas and Vṛṣṇis, there is no one else as kind to us as you.
Commentary

In order to please me, undertake this action easy for a friend to do.

Jīva Gosvāmī Gauḍīya
Commentary

Kaṁsa repeats bho bho out of respect. O best of the generous (dāna-pate)! You must do something for my benefit! You should do what is worthy of a friend. “O king of the Bhojas! Why do you send me?” You are the order bearer among all the Yadus. I respect you.

Related values
Anahankarah (Freedom from False Ego)Asteya (Non-stealing / Honesty)Aparigraha (Non-possessiveness)
Related verses

Kaṁsa flatters Akrūra as 'most charitable, most kind' — accurate adjectives, used cynically. The asura's mode is to manipulate the genuine virtues of devotees toward his ends; the līlā permits this because the manipulation will deliver Akrūra exactly where his heart already wants to go.

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