Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.47.7
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
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tyajanti
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abandon
From √tyaj (to give up). The verb returns four times in this verse — a hammered refrain. The gopīs accuse Kṛṣṇa of tyāga, while in the next chapters Uddhava will reveal that Kṛṣṇa's apparent tyāga is in fact intensified smaraṇa.
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gaṇikāḥ
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prostitutes
From gaṇa (group, crowd). A gaṇikā is one who serves the public. The gopīs sharpen the analogy: the city women of Mathurā are public consorts; the gopīs are Kṛṣṇa's private property. The contrast will run through the chapter.
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ācāryam
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the teacher
From ā + √car (one who guides conduct). Even the student leaves the ācārya once education is finished — yet a Gauḍīya disciple never leaves. Caitanya-caritāmṛta emphasizes that the bond with guru is the one bond that does not end with the lesson.
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ṛtvijaḥ
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priests
From ṛtu (season) + √yaj (to sacrifice) — the seasonal performer of yajña. Once paid the dakṣiṇā, even the sacrificer-priest departs. The gopīs are saying: even sacred contracts dissolve; ours is not contractual at all.
If a relationship between two persons is based prominently on dharma it is lasting, whereas if it is predominated by local custom, it is temporary. This point is made by giving many examples. Prostitutes give up a penniless man and citizens reject a king who cannot protect them (akalpam). Sacrificial priests give up a man who has paid them.
Niḥsvam is a person who had money, but spend it. Citizens give up a king who cannot give protection (akalpam). Priests give up the sponsor once he has given the donation.
The prostitute, the subject, the student, the priest — each abandons when the contract is done. The gopīs list the world's broken bonds the way a betrayed lover lists every traitor in the village, looking for the right shape for what was done to her.
My note
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