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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.47.45

కస్మాత్ కృష్ణ ఇహాయాతి ప్రాప్తరాజ్యో హతాహిత: । నరేన్ద్రకన్యా ఉద్వాహ్య ప్రీత: సర్వసుహృద్ వృత: ॥ ౪౫ ॥
kasmāt kṛṣṇa ihāyāti
[kasmaat krishna ihaayaati]
prāpta-rājyo hatāhitaḥ
[praapta-raajyo hataahitah]
narendra-kanyā udvāhya
[narendra-kanyaa udvaahya]
prītaḥ sarva-suhṛd-vṛtaḥ
[preetah sarva-suhrid-vritah]
kasmāt — why kṛṣṇaḥ — Kṛṣṇa iha — here āyāti — will come prāpta — having attained rājyaḥ — a kingdom hata — having killed ahitaḥ — His enemies nara - indra — of kings kanyāḥ — the daughters udvāhya — after marrying prītaḥ — happy sarva — by all suhṛt — His well-wishers vṛtaḥ — surrounded .
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
kasmāt kṛṣṇa ihāyāti
kasmāt
why
kṛṣṇaḥ
Kṛṣṇa
iha
here
āyāti
will come
prāpta-rājyo hatāhitaḥ
prāpta
having attained
rājyaḥ
a kingdom
hata
having killed
ahitaḥ
His enemies
narendra-kanyā udvāhya
nara - indra
of kings
kanyāḥ
the daughters
udvāhya
after marrying
prītaḥ sarva-suhṛd-vṛtaḥ
prītaḥ
happy
sarva
by all
suhṛt
His well-wishers
vṛtaḥ
surrounded .
  • prāpta-rājyaḥ — having attained a kingdom
    Compound: prāpta (obtained) + rājyaḥ (kingdom). Kṛṣṇa as king — Vraja remembers Him as flute-player. The compound is heavy with what He has gained and what they have lost.
  • hata-ahitaḥ — having killed His enemies
    Compound: hata (killed) + ahitaḥ (enemies). Now there is no Kaṁsa to flee. No reason for exile in Vraja, no reason to return.
  • nara-indra-kanyāḥ udvāhya — after marrying the daughters of kings
    Compound: nara-indra (kings) + kanyāḥ (daughters) + udvāhya (absolutive of ud-√vah, 'having married'). The Dvārakā wives — Rukmiṇī first, eventually 16,108. The gopīs name them as the new household, the new ties.
  • suhṛt-vṛtaḥ — surrounded by well-wishers
    Compound: suhṛt (well-wisher) + vṛtaḥ (surrounded). The full Dvārakā retinue. Gauḍīyas note: aiśvarya hides mādhurya, but cannot abolish it. Under all the courtiers He still hears the flute.
But why should Kṛṣṇa come here after winning a kingdom, killing His enemies and marrying the daughters of kings? He’s satisfied there, surrounded by all His friends and well-wishers.
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
But why should Kṛṣṇa come here after winning a kingdom, killing His enemies and marrying the daughters of kings? He's satisfied there, surrounded by all His friends and well-wishers.
Commentary

Hearing this, one obstinate gopi of the vamya nature spoke. "O friends! Foolish women, you do not know at all what happiness Krsna gets during the rasa dance. Hear from me what type of happiness he likes!" Then she speaks this verse with crooked words. " Why will he come to Vraja? Here, herding the cows is full of difficulties. There in Mathura, he has obtained a kingdom. Here, he can enjoy with cowherd women, and there he can enjoy with so many women. Here, he is cowherd, there he is a king. At some time he will get married." (In the Puranas when it is mentioned that Krsna married Rukmini in Mathura, it should be understood to be an incident from a different yuga cycle.In the gopala tapani upanisad it is said, "Having gone to Mathura, the Lord live there happily along with Balarama, Aniruddha, Pradyumna and Rukmini."}

Jīva Gosvāmī Gauḍīya
Commentary

“If you say he will come, I say that will not happen.” A gopī gives the reasons. He has attained a kingdom and killed his enemies. “He will come because you are suffering in separation. It cannot be otherwise.” He will marry princesses. Because we are cowherd people, he will be more comfortable with kṣatriya women. Among them he will obtain a lover. In this way he will be pleased (prītaḥ). “Though that is so, he will come in order to please his dearest friends in Vraja—his mother and father.” He has attained his all friends. Now he will not give any regard to others. Or, if he tries to come, his friends there will prevent him.

Śrīdhara Svāmī Gauḍīya
Commentary

“If you say he will come, I say that will not happen.” A gopī gives the reasons. He will marry princesses. Even if you say he has no interest in the kingdom, it is impossible for him to come. He stayed there in order to kill the enemies (hatāhitaḥ). Since that is finished, why does he not still not come? “He will come because of your pain in separation.” He will be happy to marring princesses. This is a statement misery, showing that the princesses are superior to the gopīs. Prītaḥ is the past, though it should be in the future (He will be pleased when he will marry princesses.) The past is used to show the near future and the certainty of the event. “Even if that is so, he will come to please his mother, father and dear friends.” In the city he has obtained great friends, mother and father etc. Why would he depend on others now? Or if he wants to come he will be stopped by those friends.

Related values
Anahankarah (Freedom from False Ego)Kshama (Forgiveness / Patience)Atma Nigraha (Self-control)Bhakti (Devotion)
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The gopīs reason themselves out of hope: He has won a kingdom, killed His enemies, married princesses, is surrounded by friends. Why would He come back? Each clause is a small surrender. Gauḍīyas read it as the gopī's despair-meditation — the dark night of bhakti through which mahā-bhāva ripens.

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