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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.41.17

శ్రీభగవానువాచ ఆయాస్యే భవతో గేహమహమార్యసమన్విత: । యదుచక్రద్రుహం హత్వా వితరిష్యే సుహృత్ప్రియమ్ ॥ ౧౭ ॥
śrī-bhagavān uvāca
[shree-bhagavaan uvaacha]
āyāsye bhavato geham
[aayaasye bhavato geham]
aham arya-samanvitaḥ
[aham arya-samanvitah]
yadu-cakra-druhaṁ hatvā
[yadu-chakra-druham hatvaa]
vitariṣye suhṛt-priyam
[vitarishye suhrit-priyam]
śrī - bhagavān uvāca — the Supreme Lord said āyāsye — will come bhavataḥ — to your geham — house aham — I ārya — by My elder (brother, Balarāma) samanvitaḥ — accompanied yadu - cakra — of the circle of Yadus druham — the enemy (Kaṁsa) hatvā — killing vitariṣye — I will grant suhṛt — to My well-wishers priyam — satisfaction .
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
śrī-bhagavān uvāca
śrī - bhagavān uvāca
the Supreme Lord said
āyāsye bhavato geham
āyāsye
will come
bhavataḥ
to your
geham
house
aham arya-samanvitaḥ
aham
I
ārya
by My elder (brother, Balarāma)
samanvitaḥ
accompanied
yadu-cakra-druhaṁ hatvā
yadu - cakra
of the circle of Yadus
druham
the enemy (Kaṁsa)
hatvā
killing
vitariṣye suhṛt-priyam
vitariṣye
I will grant
suhṛt
to My well-wishers
priyam
satisfaction .
  • yadu-cakra-druham — the enemy of the circle of Yadus
    Triple compound: yadu + cakra (circle, clan) + druh (one who injures). Kaṁsa, in one word. The Bhāgavatam consistently names him not by personal title but by his function as Yadu-druh — enemy of Kṛṣṇa's own house.
  • vitariṣye — I will grant
    Future of vi + √tṝ — to extend, distribute. The same verb-field used for the gift of mokṣa. Here Kṛṣṇa promises to 'extend' satisfaction to His suhṛdas — the gift He is about to give is Kaṁsa's death.
  • suhṛt-priyam — satisfaction to My well-wishers
    Compound: suhṛt (well-wisher) + priya (what is dear). Kṛṣṇa frames Kaṁsa's killing not as His vendetta but as a gift to others — Vasudeva, Devakī, Ugrasena, the entire Yadu line. Bhagavān's violence is always for someone else's relief.
  • ārya-samanvitaḥ — accompanied by My elder brother
    Compound: ārya (noble, elder) + sam-anvita (accompanied). Balarāma is named ārya — the elder. Gauḍīyas note: Kṛṣṇa never undertakes a public act without Balarāma; the dvi-mūrti-tattva is constitutive.
The Supreme Lord said: I will come to Your house with My elder brother, but first I must satisfy My friends and well-wishers by killing the enemy of the Yadu clan.

Akrūra glorified Kṛṣṇa in text 16 as yadūttama, “the best of the Yadus.” Śrī Kṛṣṇa here confirms this by saying, in effect, “Since I am the best of the Yadus, I must kill the enemy of the Yadus, Kaṁsa, and then I will come to your house.”

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
The Supreme Lord said: I will come to Your house with My elder brother, but first I must satisfy My friends and well-wishers by killing the enemy of the Yadu clan.
Commentary

"O Akrura, you have correctly called me the best of the Yadus. Therefore first I will kill Kamsa, the violator of the Yadu clan, and then I will come to your house."

Jīva Gosvāmī Gauḍīya
Commentary

I will come with Balarāma. Kṛṣṇa would not come with the other cowherds, since they would not stay that long in Mathurā. When will that be? I will come when I have killed the enemy of the Yadus. He does not directly mention Kaṁsa because of Kaṁsa’s inauspiciousness and fear of revealing the plan. I show affection for the Yadus by freeing Vasudeva and others. It is not proper to come to your house and receive a welcome when the Yadus are suffering and my parents are imprisoned.

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Anahankarah (Freedom from False Ego)Dana (Charity / Generosity)Prema (Divine Love)Svadhyaya (Self-study & Scripture Study)Samata (Equanimity / Even-mindedness)Kshama (Forgiveness / Patience)
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A surgeon promises the family he will visit the home after the operation — but first the tumor must come out. Kṛṣṇa gently postpones Akrūra's hospitality until Kaṁsa has been cut from the body of the Yadu clan.

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