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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.36.6

భగవానపి తద్ వీక్ష్య గోకులం భయవిద్రుతమ్ । మా భైష్టేతి గిరాశ్వాస్య వృషాసురముపాహ్వయత్ ॥ ౬ ॥
bhagavān api tad vīkṣya
[bhagavaan api tad veekshya]
go-kulaṁ bhaya-vidrutam
[go-kulam bhaya-vidrutam]
mā bhaiṣṭeti girāśvāsya
[maa bhaishteti giraashvaasya]
vṛṣāsuram upāhvayat
[vrishaasuram upaahvayat]
Word-for-word
bhagavān — the Supreme Personality of Godhead api — indeed tat — that vīkṣya — seeing go - kulam — the cowherd community bhaya — out of fear vidrutam — made to flee, or distraught mā bhaiṣṭa — “don’t be afraid” iti — thus girā — with words āśvāsya — pacifying vṛṣa - asuram — to the bull demon upāhvayat — He called out .
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
bhagavān api tad vīkṣya
bhagavān
the Supreme Personality of Godhead
api
indeed
tat
that
vīkṣya
seeing
go-kulaṁ bhaya-vidrutam
go - kulam
the cowherd community
bhaya
out of fear
vidrutam
made to flee, or distraught
mā bhaiṣṭeti girāśvāsya
mā bhaiṣṭa
“don’t be afraid”
iti
thus
girā
with words
āśvāsya
pacifying
vṛṣāsuram upāhvayat
vṛṣa - asuram
to the bull demon
upāhvayat
He called out .
Important Words
  • bhagavān — the Supreme Personality of Godhead
    Bhagavān = the possessor of bhaga (the six opulences). Gauḍīya theology: Kṛṣṇa is the original Bhagavān (svayam bhagavān, SB 1.3.28), and in Vraja the opulence-words point not to majesty but to the boy who is precisely worshipable because He hides them.
  • mā bhaiṣṭa — do not be afraid
    The classical formula of the Lord to His devotees (e.g. to Arjuna, to Dhruva, to Prahlāda). The same syllables that ended Prahlāda's torment now travel through Vraja's pasture air.
  • āśvāsya — having reassured (them)
    From ā + √śvas — to breathe again, to give comfort. Kṛṣṇa's first move is always pastoral consolation; the killing of the demon comes after the cows have been settled.
  • upāhvayat — He called (the demon) toward Himself
    Pra-upa-hvā — to summon, to invite. Bhagavān actively calls the enemy in. The līlā is not a defensive reaction; it is staged, on Kṛṣṇa's terms, on His ground.
When the Supreme Lord saw the cowherd community distraught and fleeing in fear, He calmed them, saying, “Don’t be afraid.” Then He called out to the bull demon as follows.
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
When the Supreme Lord saw the cowherd community distraught and fleeing in fear, He calmed them, saying, "Don't be afraid." Then He called out to the bull demon as follows.
Jīva Gosvāmī Gauḍīya
Commentary

Govinda however (api) acted differently. Another version has atha (then, after Ariṣṭa arrived) instead of api. Seeing all beings of Gokula, whom he should protect he spoke to the demon (vṛṣāsuram). He knew that the bull was a demon. He called the demon towards him (upa), going far from Vraja, so that he would not cause disturbance in Vraja. Later it will be said that Kṛṣṇa entered Vraja after killing the demon (verse 15).

Śrīdhara Svāmī Gauḍīya
Commentary

Govinda however (api) acted differently. Another version has atha (then, after Ariṣṭa arrived) instead of api. Seeing all beings of Gokula, whom he should protect, he spoke to the demon (vṛṣāsuram). They were fleeing here and there in fear at great speed. Or only the herds of cows fled in fear. But the cowherds, women and cows all surrendered to Kṛṣṇa. Knowing he was a demon in the form of a bull, Kṛṣṇa called out to him at close range (upa).

Related values & verses
Related values
Anahankarah (Freedom from False Ego)Shraddha (Faith / Reverence)
Related verses
BG 15.9 BG 9.1 BG 4.8 BG 10.1 BG 18.64 BG 15.7 BG 2.62 BG 3.11 BG 10.4 BG 12.3 BG 15.2 SB 4.29.2 BG 2.21 YS 2.45BG 16.1 BG 9.11 BG 3.30
Concepts
Jiva
Related lectures
Personal Guidance
Analogy

The same voice that calmed the cows from across the pasture turns and calls the demon by name. 'Don't be afraid' to the residents, and a summons to the bull — both delivered without raising the voice. That is Bhagavān's economy.

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