Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.41.18
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
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vimanāḥ
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disheartened
vi + manas — mind-emptied, dejected. The exact word the Bhāgavatam later uses for the gopīs after Kṛṣṇa leaves Vraja (10.39). Akrūra is the first to taste vipralambha at Mathurā's threshold; the gopīs will inherit the same word.
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karma
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his activities
Accusative of karman. Akrūra reports his 'work' to Kaṁsa — but his real karma was darśana of Kṛṣṇa in the Yamunā. The verse runs on this irony: official duty discharged, secret reward already received.
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kaṁsāya
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to Kaṁsa
Dative of Kaṁsa, the asuric king of Mathurā. In the Bhāgavatam's economy of names, Kaṁsa is the prototypical kṛṣṇa-dveṣī — the one who hates Bhagavān. His name's appearance in this verse marks the chapter's pivot toward the next.
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gṛham
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to his home
Accusative of gṛha. Akrūra goes home alone. Gauḍīyas read the ache: he had invited Kṛṣṇa home (verses 11-12); now he goes home without Him. Vipralambha-bhakti's first measurement in this chapter.
Most eager, and joyful that he had brought Kṛṣṇa, he was now morose. Iva is an ornament (it does not mean “as if” in the context). Or, since Kṛṣṇa promised to come later, and had promised to kill Kaṁsa, he was not really morose. He thought, “Tomorrow Kṛṣṇa will kill Kaṁsa and come to my house.” Thus he went home to clean his house for Kṛṣṇa’s coming. Out of attachment for Kṛṣṇa, he did nothing else until Kṛṣṇa arrived. It is not described anywhere later that he did anything else.
Akrūra walks into Kaṁsa's court the way a witness walks into a courtroom whose verdict has already been pronounced. He delivers the report, then goes home alone — the chariot has emptied of its real cargo.
My note
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