Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.43.1
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
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kṛta-śaucau
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having carried out purification
Even Bhagavān, who is ever-pure, observes the morning śauca before entering Kaṁsa's arena — modelling that those acting on Kṛṣṇa's behalf approach His service through cleanliness and saṁskāra, not improvisation. A sub-word join of synonyms 'kṛta' and 'śaucau'.
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draṣṭum
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to see
Kṛṣṇa walks toward the arena 'to see' — but in this chapter what is really at stake is how others see Him (verse 17). The infinitive quietly sets up the rasa-tattva that follows: seeing the Lord depends on the seer.
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rāmaḥ
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Balarāma
Balarāma is svayaṁ-prakāśa — Kṛṣṇa's own first expansion, the source of all catur-vyūha. Whenever the two brothers walk side by side in Canto 10, the Gauḍīya reading is that Bhagavān is moving with His own ādi-guru, the embodiment of dāsya-rasa as well as elder-brother vātsalya.
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param-tapa
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O chastiser of enemies
Śuka addresses Parīkṣit with a kṣatriya epithet just as Kṛṣṇa is about to chastise a kṣatriya-tyrant — locating the listener inside the same dharma the Lord is enacting.
Śrīla Śrīdhara Svāmī explains the words kṛta-śaucau, “having executed all necessary purification,” as follows: “Two days previously, Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma had executed Their purification, Their relief from offense [by performing heroic deeds]. The Lords reasoned: ‘Even after We have made Our power known by breaking the bow and by performing other feats, Our parents have still not secured freedom. Kaṁsa is again trying to kill them. Therefore, although he is Our maternal uncle, it will not be wrong for Us to kill him.’ They assured Their offenselessness by this reasoning.”
The forty third chapter describes the killing of the best of elephants, Krsna’s entrance into the arena and his discussion with Canura. Atha (then) signifies that Krsna and Balarama in the early morning, without telling their father and elders, went to the bank of the Yamuna with their friends, and after washing their face and hands, said to their friends, "O friends! You can hear the drums announce the wrestling match. Let us now leave here and go to the arena." Saying that they quickly went to the arena to see the match.
He went with a pretext of desiring to see what was happening. In order to fool the elephant trainer he put on a wrestler’s costume with lower and upper pieces. Otherwise it would be useless to say later that he bound up his waist cloth. He then approached the arena. O destroyer of enemies! You are a person to oppose such evil men! Kṛta-śauca can mean that the two boys were without offense for killing the guardians of the bow. Or it can mean that like ordinary men, they underwent purification for the killing, leaving the elder cowherds to take bath in the river.
Atha indicates auspiciousness. The two boys would kill the demons. Or after Nanda had been called, it was not proper to go to the demons with his dear devotees. Or since they had gone, he should go there quickly. He attracted the hearts of his devotees with his desire to kill the demons (kṛṣṇaḥ). Balarāma gave enjoyment to his friends (rāmaḥ). Though Kṛṣṇa is mentioned first because he was the main person in all cases, because Balarāma was eager to kill demons, the repetition of the word ca indicates they were equally prominent. Because he went with his younger brother out of affection, and followed his will he is given equal status. Hearing the loud noise from the drums and wrestlers they went to see the match. They went without wrestlers’ dress, very gently, to fool the elephant trainer and others. O destroyer of enemies (parantapa)! This was proper for killing the enemies. You have a similar nature.
As a warrior bathes and arms himself before stepping into the field, Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma perform Their purifications before walking toward Kaṁsa's drums. The Lord moves into His own līlā with the same calm rite a soldier brings to duty — nothing rushed, nothing skipped, the body prepared because the work belongs to Bhagavān.
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Source: vedabase.io