Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.38.2
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
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mahā - bhāgaḥ
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the greatly fortunate one
Compound: mahā (great) + bhāgaḥ (share, fortune). Bhāgavata vocabulary for one who has received a great portion of Bhagavān's mercy — etymologically a cognate of bhakta and bhagavān. Śuka's epithet places Akrūra inside the family of fortunate souls.
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bhagavati
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for the Supreme Personality of Godhead
Locative of bhagavān — "in / toward Bhagavān." Gauḍīyas hold tightly to this term against impersonalist substitutions: not "the absolute," not "the divine," but the six-opulence-bearing Person. Akrūra's bhakti has a definite object.
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ambuja - īkṣaṇe
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the lotus-eyed Lord
Compound: ambuja (lotus) + īkṣaṇa (eye). Even before he sees Him, Akrūra fixes his mind on a specific feature — Kṛṣṇa's eyes. Gauḍīya meditation always begins with rūpa-dhyāna of a particular limb, never with formless abstraction.
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bhaktim
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devotion
Accusative of bhakti — not "love in general" but the dedicated, personal service-mood toward Kṛṣṇa codified by Rūpa Gosvāmī. The verse marks the moment bhakti arises spontaneously inside a man on a chariot — sādhana giving way to bhāva.
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parām
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exceptional, supreme
When parā qualifies bhakti, Gauḍīyas read it as parā-bhakti — the rasa-laden devotion that exceeds rule-bound sādhana. Akrūra's devotion in this hour is not procedural; it is the spontaneous overflow that the road has uncorked.
tam ratrim means the ekadasi night. Akrura is described as greatly intelligent because he spent the whole night awake in discussion of the Lord and worship of the Lord. Without breaking the fast, he departed in early morning for Vraja.
This verse describes Akrūra’s devotion (mahā-matiḥ) mentioned in the previous verse. He began thinking. His thoughts continue till verse 24. He began thinking “What type of good acts have I done so that even a person like me can see the Lord?” He thought in this way since he had the good fortune of getting Kṛṣṇa’s mercy (mahā-bhāgaḥ). His bhakti was the highest because it was his bhakti for the Lord who revealed his unlimited powers (bhagavati) and revealed his great sweetness such as his lotus eyes (ambujekṣaṇe). Akrūra had a realization of Kṛṣṇa in this form.
How did he travel? The description continues till verse 23. While travelling on the road, he thought as follows, because he was very fortunate (mahābhāgaḥ). He easily attained (upagatah) intense devotion to the Lord who displays his unlimited powers (bhagavati). He had natural bhakti, just as heat is natural to fire. He could attain the highest bhakti because the object was the most beautiful (ambujekṣaṇe). Or because he had great bhakti, which manifested at this time, he went now to Gokula.
Bhakti rises in Akrūra the way fragrance rises from sandalwood when it is rubbed — friction of the road, the swaying chariot, the dust, and out of all this the inner perfume comes. The journey itself is the abrasion that releases what was always there.
My note
Source: vedabase.io