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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.43.35

తస్మాద్ రాజ్ఞ: ప్రియం యూయం వయం చ కరవామ హే । భూతాని న: ప్రసీదన్తి సర్వభూతమయో నృప: ॥ ౩౫ ॥
tasmād rājñaḥ priyaṁ yūyaṁ
[tasmaad raajnah priyam yooyam]
vayaṁ ca karavāma he
[vayam cha karavaama he]
bhūtāni naḥ prasīdanti
[bhootaani nah praseedanti]
sarva-bhūta-mayo nṛpaḥ
[sarva-bhoota-mayo nripah]
tasmāt — therefore rājñaḥ — the King’s priyam — pleasure yūyam — You two vayam — we ca — also karavāma he — let us do bhūtāni — all living beings naḥ — with us prasīdanti — will be satisfied sarva - bhūta — all beings mayaḥ — comprising nṛpaḥ — the king .
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
tasmād rājñaḥ priyaṁ yūyaṁ
tasmāt
therefore
rājñaḥ
the King’s
priyam
pleasure
yūyam
You two
vayaṁ ca karavāma he
vayam
we
ca
also
karavāma he
let us do
bhūtāni naḥ prasīdanti
bhūtāni
all living beings
naḥ
with us
prasīdanti
will be satisfied
sarva-bhūta-mayo nṛpaḥ
sarva - bhūta
all beings
mayaḥ
comprising
nṛpaḥ
the king .
  • rājñaḥ-priyam — the King's pleasure
    Genitive — pleasing the king. The Bhāgavatam is recording the exact false-doctrine Cāṇūra advances: rāja-tuṣṭi as the cosmic principle. Vaiṣṇava reply (Bhāgavata 1.2.13): saṁsiddhir hari-toṣaṇam — perfection is pleasing Hari alone. A contiguous-token join of synonyms 'rājñaḥ' and 'priyam'.
  • bhūtāni — all living beings
    Bhūta — all beings. Cāṇūra claims that all beings will be satisfied by pleasing Kaṁsa, because the king 'contains' them. This is a precise asura-inversion of the Bhāgavata teaching (SB 4.31.14) that watering the root of the tree satisfies all branches — Bhagavān is the root, not the king.
  • sarva-bhūta-mayaḥ — comprising all beings
    An aiśvarya-title — 'made of all beings'. Cāṇūra applies it to Kaṁsa; the Gītā applies it to Bhagavān (BG 6.31: sarva-bhūta-sthitaṁ). The same predicate, two referents — the asura's hijack of theistic vocabulary. A contiguous-token join of synonyms 'sarva-bhūta' and 'mayaḥ'.
  • prasīdanti — will be satisfied
    Pra-sad — the bhakti-verb. Devotees say bhagavān prasīdati — 'the Lord becomes pleased'. Cāṇūra borrows the verb for the wrong object. Bhāgavata-listening notices the appropriation even when the assembled audience does not.
Therefore let’s do what the King wants. Everyone will be pleased with us, for the king embodies all living beings.
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Therefore let's do what the King wants. Everyone will be pleased with us, for the king embodies all living beings.
Jīva Gosvāmī Gauḍīya
Commentary

“But we should wrestle with cowherds.” This verse answers. You should wrestle with us to please the king. All jīvas will be pleased with us since the king represents all jīvas--they all depend on him. By fighting, you two, who are his subjects, will protect all beings. Do not fear. Let us please the king. In pleasing him all beings will be pleased with us.

Śrīdhara Svāmī Gauḍīya
Commentary

“But we should wrestle with cowherds.” This verse answers. You should wrestle with us to please the king. All jīvas will be pleased with us since the king represents all jīvas--they all depend on him. By fighting, you two, who are his subjects, will protect all beings. Do not fear. Let us please the king. In pleasing him, all beings will be pleased with us.

Related values
Prema (Divine Love)Bhakti (Devotion)
Concepts
RasaJiva

'The king embodies all living beings — please him and everyone is pleased.' Cāṇūra dresses asura-rāja-bhakti in cosmic clothes. Gauḍīya doctrine flips this exactly: Bhagavān is sarva-bhūta-maya, not the king; pleasing Him is the only path that universally satisfies.

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