Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.41.48
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
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niyujyate
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he is engaged
Passive present of ni + √yuj — to be yoked, employed. The verb of being put-into-service. Gauḍīyas: bhakti is being yoked, not the yoking. The bhakta is the patient of the verb; Bhagavān is the agent. The grammar enacts dāsya.
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anugrahaḥ
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mercy
Compound: anu (toward) + graha (grasping). To 'grasp toward' someone — favor. To be made to serve is described as anugraha, not duty. The Gauḍīya signature: sevā is the gift Bhagavān gives, not the price He extracts.
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ājñāpayatam
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should please order
Causative imperative dual of ā + √jñā — please command. Sudāmā does not say 'tell me' but 'order me' — a slave's grammar, used willingly. The dual form addresses both Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma; sevā is offered to the dual-Person, not the singular.
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bhṛtyam
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Their servant
Accusative of bhṛtya — one who is to be maintained, a dependent. Sudāmā labels himself bhṛtya — not friend, not host, but dependent. The vocabulary inversion of dāsya: the more one is dependent, the freer one is.
The two are devoid of prejudice. “Then follow my order in the form of the Vedas.” What can I do for you two who have come to me directly? “Without my ordering you, you performed your duty of welcoming us as a guest.” To be engaged by you is the greatest mercy. This is the greatest mercy for the jīva (puṁsaḥ). The plural is used in bhavabdhiḥ to include Kṛṣṇa’s associates as well. He expresses “I desire to do some service for you.”
The garland-maker, having received the highest darśana, asks not for a benediction but for a task: 'Order me.' The deepest bhakti is not asking but being asked — to be employed by Bhagavān is itself the highest gift.
After the entire Rāmāyaṇa was won and Rāvaṇa was killed, Rāma offered Hanumān whatever he wished. Hanumān asked for nothing but eternal service — to remain by Rāma's side, in His name, as long as the story would be told.
Sudāmā the garland-maker, in the same key, asks not for boons but for niyojana — employment. Gauḍīyas read Hanumān as the prototype of dāsya-rasa; Sudāmā's request in this verse stands in the same lineage. To be engaged in sevā is the prize, not the prerequisite.
My note
Source: vedabase.io