Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.47.22
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
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kṛṣṇa-darśana-lālasāḥ
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hankering for the sight of Kṛṣṇa
Compound: kṛṣṇa + darśana (sight) + lālasāḥ (intense longing). Lālasā is the technical term Rūpa Gosvāmī uses for the burning desire that precedes prema — Kṛṣṇa-darśana-lālasā is the gopīs' standing condition.
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sāntvayan
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pacifying
Present participle of √sāntv (to console). Uddhava attempts to console — yet the gopīs' grief is not a pathology to be eased but a rasa to be honored. Gauḍīyas read his initial mistake here, before his enlightenment at verse 58.
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priya-sandeśaiḥ
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with the messages of their beloved
Compound: priya + sandeśaiḥ. The gopīs hear 'message from priya' before they hear any content — the very fact of a message is the substance. Form and matter inseparable in mādhurya.
Hearing the words of prema directly as the gopīs spoke, Uddhava, after their transformations arising from prema decreased, he spoke to pacify them. He spoke to inform them of Kṛṣṇa’s powers and the greatness of his prema (idam) in order to stop the transformations arising from their prema and to praise them in order to relieve their feelings of wretchedness. Out of respect Uddhava did not speak to Rādhā directly. She heard through others.
Atha indicates the beginning of the message. Since it was unsuitable to begin the message immediately, when they were so disturbed by prema, he began speaking later. Hearing about the gopīs’ previous love and lamenation (evam), he consoled them with the message from their lover. The messages themselves were also dear. The messages were dear since they were related to Kṛṣṇa. Or priya can mean “O dear Parīkṣit!” When the disturbance caused by prema lessened, it would be proper to hear the message. By starting with statements expressing the good fortune of the gopīs, he could counteract their misery, and make them give up their disturbance. In this way Uddhava begins speaking.
The torrent of Bhramara-gītā ends; Uddhava finds his voice. He has come as diplomat and now must speak as theologian — yet he is shaken. Rūpa Gosvāmī observes that no scholar can answer what the gopīs have just sung; Uddhava will try, and his trying will undo him.
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