Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.46.48
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
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akrūraḥ
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Akrūra
Nominative of Akrūra — the Yadu envoy who took Kṛṣṇa to Mathurā in SB 10.38-39. The very name in Vraja is wounded. Gauḍīya tīkā: Akrūra (a-krūra, 'not cruel') receives the gopīs' bitter etymological reversal — they read his name as cruelty itself.
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kim vā
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perhaps?
Interrogative particle: 'or is it?' The gopīs' guess is tentative — they have not seen Uddhava yet, only the chariot. The Bhāgavatam captures the exact moment of dread: a guess, not yet a knowing.
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kaṁsasya-artha-sādhakaḥ
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the executor of Kaṁsa's purpose
Compound: Kaṁsa + artha (purpose) + sādhaka (achiever). The gopīs name Akrūra as Kaṁsa's instrument — even though they know Kaṁsa is now dead. The grammar betrays their state: time has not advanced for them; Akrūra still serves Kaṁsa in their wound.
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nītaḥ
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brought, taken
Past participle of √nī (to lead, carry away). The verb of abduction. Gauḍīya kāvya: nī is the verb the gopīs use for Akrūra's act, where they could have used gam (going); the grammar marks Kṛṣṇa as taken, not as having gone.
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madhu - purīm
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to Mathurā City
Compound: Madhu (the Madhu-vaṁśa) + purī (city). Mathurā by its other name. Vraja prefers Madhu-purī, which keeps the city at the level of dynasty rather than place; the gopīs do not name Mathurā as a destination — they name the family-line that swallowed Him.
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kamala - locanaḥ
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lotus-eyed
Compound: kamala (lotus) + locana (eye). Same aravinda-locana from verse 46 in a different lexicon. The gopīs cannot speak of Kṛṣṇa without naming His eyes. Even in dread, the aṅga-varṇana grammar persists — and the persistence is itself the rasa.
The gopīs angrily spoke this statement.
The gopis spoke with anger, "Perhaps Akrura, who has fulfilled the purposes of Kamsa, by taking Krsna to Mathura, has come."
Some women who had a predominance of longing (utkaṇṭha) speak two verses. Kaṁsa may be called Madhu since a demon ruled a city called Madhu-purī and there was a demon named Madhu. Thus Madhu-purīm means the city of Kaṁsa. It was improper for Akrūra to take him to such a city. He took Kṛṣṇa, who has lotus eyes, whose special beauty removes all suffering. They reveal their extreme pain in their hearts on remembering his special qualities. It was improper for Akrūra to take him from Vraja, but worse to take him to Madhu-purī.
Mathurā was the city of the demon Madhu. It was suitable that Kṛṣṇa was taken to such a city. Kṛṣṇa is the form of pure bliss and the lord of our hearts. He can destroy all pain by his glance alone (kamala-locanaḥ). Therefore it is improper to take such a person from Vraja to that demon’s city.
The gopīs recognize the chariot's type — it is Akrūra's kind, the kind that takes Kṛṣṇa away. The very vehicle of the previous canto's separation has returned. The text records the rasa of dread: not 'maybe he brings news' but 'maybe he has come for what is left of us.'
Akrūra, sent by Kaṁsa, had arrived in Vraja seven chapters earlier with a similar chariot and a similar mission: take Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma to Mathurā. The gopīs that night had wept all night, cursed the chariot, cursed Akrūra's name (10.39.18-31).
That chariot in their memory is the chariot they now see in their dawn. Gauḍīya tīkā: the women have not yet seen Uddhava; they see only the vehicle, and the vehicle alone reactivates the full vipralambha-archive.
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