Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.42.11
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
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rāmasya
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of Balarāma
Genitive. Kṛṣṇa looks first at Balarāma's face. Gauḍīya note: in delicate moments Kṛṣṇa consults His ādi-guru. The brotherhood here models guru-consultation for the bhakta in any awkward situation.
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gopānām
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of the cowherd boys
Genitive plural. He looks also at the sakhās. Gauḍīya: sakhya-rasa is not abandoned even in Mathurā. The boys' watching gaze is part of the moral fabric of the moment — He will say nothing in their presence He could not say in Vraja.
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vīkṣya
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glancing
Absolutive of vi + √īkṣ. The same glance He used in verse 4 to overpower Kubjā is now used to consult His companions. Gauḍīya commentary: Kṛṣṇa's gaze is multidirectional — to the lover it conquers, to the friend it consults.
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prahasan
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laughing
Same word as verse 1. He began the encounter with a smile and now closes it with one. The frame of His mercy is laughter — never irritation, never cold dismissal.
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uvāca
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He said
Perfect of √vac. The verb of authoritative speech. What follows in verse 12 is therefore not casual deflection but a Bhāgavata-recorded utterance — to be read theologically.
Looking at Balarama and the cowherd boys, Krsna said, "O elder brother, o friends! Are your faces not brimming with laughter? Then do not look upon this woman. Hasya rasa has come to join you, knowing that you are in a humorous mood." Or smiling, he could be saying "This woman of Mathura, expert in joking affairs, is now showing her nature."
Being entreated by the women full of desire while Balarāma and his friends watched, Kṛṣṇa looked at the faces of Balarāma and his friends and then laughed loudly in amusement. Hari-vaṁśa says tau jātaharṣāv anyonyaṁ satām ākṣepam avyayau / vīkṣamāṇau prahasitau kubjāyāḥ śruta-vistarau // Overjoyed, Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma, hearing the suggestive words of Kubjā, looked at each other and laughed loudly. He spoke to her clearly (ha) in such a way that Balarāma and others though he was cheating her, and she thought that he was keeping his promise.
A father with a delicate matter glances at His older brother and at the watching boys before answering — composing not the words but the rasa. Even Kṛṣṇa's social grace is exemplary: He never humiliates the one who loves Him crookedly.
My note
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