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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.45.47

శ్రీగురురువాచ సమ్యక్ సమ్పాదితో వత్స భవద్భ‍య‍ాం గురునిష్క్రయ: । కో ను యుష్మద్విధగురో: కామానామవశిష్యతే ॥ ౪౭ ॥
śrī-gurur uvāca
[shree-gurur uvaacha]
samyak sampādito vatsa
[samyak sampaadito vatsa]
bhavadbhyāṁ guru-niṣkrayaḥ
[bhavadbhyaam guru-nishkrayah]
ko nu yuṣmad-vidha-guroḥ
[ko nu yushmad-vidha-guroh]
kāmānām avaśiṣyate
[kaamaanaam avashishyate]
śrī - guruḥ uvāca — Their spiritual master, Sāndīpani Muni, said samyak — completely sampāditaḥ — fulfilled vatsa — my dear boy bhavadbhyām — by You two guru - niṣkrayaḥ — the remuneration of one’s guru kaḥ — which nu — indeed yuṣmat - vidha — of persons like You guroḥ — for the spiritual master kāmānām — of his desires avaśiṣyate — remains .
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
śrī-gurur uvāca
śrī - guruḥ uvāca
Their spiritual master, Sāndīpani Muni, said
samyak sampādito vatsa
samyak
completely
sampāditaḥ
fulfilled
vatsa
my dear boy
bhavadbhyāṁ guru-niṣkrayaḥ
bhavadbhyām
by You two
guru - niṣkrayaḥ
the remuneration of one’s guru
ko nu yuṣmad-vidha-guroḥ
kāmānām avaśiṣyate
kaḥ
which
nu
indeed
yuṣmat - vidha
of persons like You
guroḥ
for the spiritual master
kāmānām
of his desires
avaśiṣyate
remains .
  • samyak sampāditaḥ — completely fulfilled
    Samyak = perfectly; sampādita = accomplished. The strongest available pair to describe full completion. Sāndīpani uses superlatives — fitting, since his disciples are Bhagavān Himself.
  • vatsa — my dear boy
    Vatsa = calf, dear child. The exact same word Yaśodā uses in Vraja for Kṛṣṇa. Sāndīpani's vātsalya is now spoken aloud — the chapter ends inside the same rasa it began with, but now flowing through the guru.
  • guru - niṣkrayaḥ — remuneration of the guru
    Niṣkraya = repayment, redemption. Different from dakṣiṇā: niṣkraya carries the sense of buying back, redeeming. The guru-debt is technically discharged.
  • kāmānām avaśiṣyate — of (his) desires remains
    Ava + √śiṣ — to remain. Sāndīpani says: no kāma remains. The complete cessation of desire is here not by jñāna-yoga but by being fully served — a Gauḍīya signature: prema's transactions exhaust desire faster than philosophy.
  • yuṣmat - vidha — of persons like You
    Yuṣmat-vidha = of your type. Sāndīpani begins to acknowledge openly — 'persons like you' (already hinted at v.37). The disguise is fully lifted in the guru's diction by the chapter's end.
The spiritual master said: My dear boys, You two have completely fulfilled the disciple’s obligation to reward his spiritual master. Indeed, with disciples like You, what further desires could a guru have?
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
The spiritual master said: My dear boys, You two have completely fulfilled the disciple's obligation to reward his spiritual master. Indeed, with disciples like You, what further desires could a guru have?
Commentary

"What desires remain for the guru of persons like you? Therefore, being the guru of you in person, what desires could remain for me?"

Jīva Gosvāmī Gauḍīya
Commentary

He calls out to Kṛṣṇa alone (vatsa) because of greater affection for him. What desire remains for a guru who has disciples like you? And what desire could remain for a guru who actually had you as disciples?

Related values
Dana (Charity / Generosity)Svadhyaya (Self-study & Scripture Study)Nyaya (Justice / Righteous Judgment)Guru Bhakti (Reverence for Teacher)Shraddha (Faith / Reverence)Aparigraha (Non-possessiveness)Nishkama Karma (Selfless Action)
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Concepts
GuruJiva

Sāndīpani says, in effect: 'you have fully repaid your guru — with disciples like you, what desire could remain?' The guru's contentment is itself the final dakṣiṇā; bhakti completes both directions of the bond.

Sāndīpani's tṛpti as guru-rasa's signature

In the Gauḍīya treatment of dāsya and guru-rasa, the disciple's highest achievement is not the guru's blessing but the guru's tṛpti — fullness, satisfaction. Mahāprabhu in Caitanya-caritāmṛta repeatedly emphasizes that the test of sevā is the seva-recipient's contentment, not the servant's effort.

Sāndīpani's words here — 'what further desire remains?' — are read by ācāryas as the highest possible utterance from a guru's mouth. They mirror Bhagavān's own statement at the close of BG 18.65-66, where He says the surrendered devotee gives Him every joy. The two ends of the guru-disciple relation meet in the same word: tṛpti.

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