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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.47.44

అప్యేష్యతీహ దాశార్హస్తప్తా: స్వకృతయా శుచా । సఞ్జీవయన్ ను నో గాత్రైర్యథేన్ద్రో వనమమ్బుదై: ॥ ౪౪ ॥
apy eṣyatīha dāśārhas
[apy eshyateeha daashaarhas]
taptāḥ sva-kṛtayā śucā
[taptaah sva-kritayaa shuchaa]
sañjīvayan nu no gātrair
[sanjeevayan nu no gaatrair]
yathendro vanam ambudaiḥ
[yathendro vanam ambudaih]
api — whether eṣyati — He will come iha — here dāśārhaḥ — Kṛṣṇa, the descendant of Daśārha taptāḥ — who are tormented sva - kṛtayā — by His own doing śucā — with sorrow sañjīvayan — bringing back to life nu — perhaps naḥ — us gātraiḥ — with (the touch of) His limbs yathā — as indraḥ — Lord Indra vanam — a forest ambudaiḥ — with clouds .
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
apy eṣyatīha dāśārhas
api
whether
eṣyati
He will come
iha
here
dāśārhaḥ
Kṛṣṇa, the descendant of Daśārha
taptāḥ sva-kṛtayā śucā
taptāḥ
who are tormented
sva - kṛtayā
by His own doing
śucā
with sorrow
sañjīvayan nu no gātrair
sañjīvayan
bringing back to life
nu
perhaps
yathendro vanam ambudaiḥ
naḥ
us
gātraiḥ
with (the touch of) His limbs
yathā
as
indraḥ
Lord Indra
vanam
a forest
ambudaiḥ
with clouds .
  • dāśārhaḥ — Kṛṣṇa, the descendant of Daśārha
    Genitive descendent of Daśārha (Vasudeva's clan). The gopīs name Kṛṣṇa by His kṣatriya lineage — the very identity that pulls Him away from them. The name marks the wound.
  • sva-kṛtayā śucā — with sorrow caused by His own doing
    Instrumental + locative: sva-kṛtayā (made by Himself) + śucā (with grief). The grief He Himself caused. The gopīs name Kṛṣṇa as both cause and only cure of their pain — the structural paradox of vipralambha.
  • sañjīvayan — bringing back to life
    Causative present participle of sam + √jīv (to live). Kṛṣṇa as life-giver to those His departure has 'killed.' Gauḍīyas note that prema operates by death-and-revival, both of which only Bhagavān can give.
  • ambudaiḥ — with clouds
    Compound: ambu (water) + daiḥ (givers). Kṛṣṇa's complexion is megha-varṇa — cloud-colored. The image is exact: His dark body is itself the cloud of revival.
Will that descendant of Daśārha return here and by the touch of His limbs bring back to life those who are now burning with the grief He Himself has caused? Will He save us in that way, just as Lord Indra brings a forest back to life with his water-bearing clouds?
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Will that descendant of Daśārha return here and by the touch of His limbs bring back to life those who are now burning with the grief He Himself has caused? Will He save us in that way, just as Lord Indra brings a forest back to life with his water-bearing clouds?
Commentary

One gopi among them then spoke. "O friends! Because Krsna is unhappy, he will immediately return here." Another gopi, believing this, then spoke. "Will he really come to Vraja and revive us, who are burning up with grief because of him, by showing us his beautiful limbs?"

Jīva Gosvāmī Gauḍīya
Commentary

“If you say that he remembers us, he would return. We do not believe that.” They forget the message saying he would return out of longing generated by remembering the rāsa dance. Thus they ask if he will return. He is now king of the Dāśārhas, and is busy protecting them. We are suffering with grief caused by his actions. The remedy is the touch of his limbs. If he does not do so, he will be known as expert at being hard hearted and fearless in killing women. He should bring us completely to life (saṣjīvanayan) by the touch of his limbs. The touch is like nectar. The present tense is used to indicate that they cannot tolerate the delay in his coming and touching them. Indra with his clouds is similar to Kṛṣṇa with his touch because in both cases the relief is immediate. The rumbling of the clouds and the messages both annihilate suffering.

Related values
Anahankarah (Freedom from False Ego)Karuna (Kindness / Compassion)Tyaga (Renunciation / Letting Go)
Related verses

'Will the descendant of Daśārha come back, and revive us with the touch of His limbs — as Indra revives the burnt forest with monsoon clouds?' The gopīs reach for the strongest analogy they have: He alone is the rain after our drought.

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