Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.47.46
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
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mahā-ātmanaḥ
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for the exalted personality
Compound: mahā + ātmanaḥ. The Great Soul. Yet the gopīs use it ironically — Mahā-ātman is too big a name for the boy who used to steal their butter.
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śrī-pateḥ
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for the husband of the goddess of fortune
Compound: śrī + pateḥ. Husband of Śrī. The chapter's recurring objection: He already has Lakṣmī, why need us? Gauḍīyas read this as the bhakta's self-emptying — the gopīs forget that Vraja-mādhurya is precisely what Lakṣmī cannot give.
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āpta-kāmasya
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whose desires are already fulfilled
Compound: āpta (attained) + kāmasya (of desire). Bhagavān's defining attribute — He has no unfulfilled desire. Gauḍīyas distinguish: in mādhurya-līlā Kṛṣṇa pretends an unfulfilled desire for His beloveds, because pretense is the engine of rasa.
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kṛta-ātmanaḥ
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for Him who is complete in Himself
Compound: kṛta (done, completed) + ātmanaḥ (of self). Self-perfected. Yet the very next line of the next chapter undoes this — Kṛṣṇa, complete, still asks Uddhava about each gopī by name.
Although the gopīs lamented that Kṛṣṇa was associating with the city women in Mathurā, they now realize that as the absolute Personality of Godhead, He has no need for any women. It is out of His causeless mercy that He awards His association to His loving devotees.
"O friends! Give up spite and envy towards Krsna, even if he is without love for us." One gopi thus spoke about Krsna’s indifference towards everything. "Because he is the husband of Laksmi, does he have love for her or not? Since he, having completeness (krtatmanah), is filled with his desired objects already (apta kamah), what need does he have for Laksmi? Therefore there is no girl suitable to marry him." By this, the gopi indicates some esoteric truths to Uddhava.
In marrying princesses, he will show them mercy. Thus he will be indifferent to the gopīs. They speak expressing hatred for him. What use has he for us forest people since he thinks he is greater than all others (mahātmanaḥ) because he is the master of Lakṣmī to whom all people surrender and who follows him wherever he goes. Therefore he is complete with all objects (āpta-kāmasya). Because he is satisfied (kṛtātmanaḥ), he should actually not marry any princess. They express this deep desire to Uddhava. Verse 60 indicates that the gopīs are the best among all devotees. “The gopīs received benedictions from the Lord that neither Lakṣmī nor the most beautiful dancers in the heavenly planets could attain.” Furthermore it is said that he gives more regard to others than himself: nāham ātmānam āśāse mad-bhaktaiḥ sādhubhir vinā śriyaṁ cātyantikīṁ brahman yeṣāṁ gatir ahaṁ parā O brāhmaṇa! Without the devotees, who take shelter of only me, I do not desire to enjoy my own bliss by my six great qualities. SB 9.4.64 Thus Kṛṣṇa regards the gopīs as greater than himself. However, they speak this verse out of great longing without recognizing their own glory and out of dejection because they cannot attain him.
“Depending completely on you, he will come.” He has attained his goal (arthaḥ kriyeta). What use does he have for us? Or has he attained his goal by us? No. He is respected by the world or has conquered his senses (mahātmanaḥ). (He does not need us.) “He desires to enjoy with you to complete the pastimes of prema, since he is the king of rasa.” He is the lord of Lakṣmī. She has appeared to please him with rasa. What use are others to him? “He prefers you to Lakṣmī.” He has already himself with us (āpta-kāmasya). “Then he was not fully satisfied with that enjoyment.” He is complete in himself (kṛtātmanaḥ). This is a statement of misery or sarcasm since being controlled by his devotees he would never act like this.
He is āpta-kāma — His every desire already fulfilled. He is kṛta-ātmā — self-completed. What could forest-girls add to such a One? The gopīs reason against themselves. Yet Gauḍīyas note: precisely because He is āpta-kāma, the relation must be desireless on their side — pure prema, with no transactional weight.
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Source: vedabase.io