Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.48.28
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
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sa-smitam
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smiling
Compound: sa (with) + smita (smile). Smita is one of the cherished features of Kṛṣṇa's beauty — the smile that opens His face just before He speaks. Gauḍīyas in their dhyāna-mantras (e.g., barhāpīḍaṁ naṭa-vara-vapuḥ kuṇḍale...) place the smile at the center of His mūrti.
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sammohayan iva
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as if completely enchanting (him)
Phrase: sammohayan (causing to be enchanted, participle of sam + √muh) + iva (as if). The 'as if' is important: Bhagavān is not enchanting Akrūra in māyā's sense; He is enchanting him in prema's sense. The same root, different domain.
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saṁstutaḥ
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profusely praised
Past participle of sam + √stu — fully glorified. Akrūra's prayer just concluded was the saṁstuti. The Bhāgavatam closes the prayer-arc with this word so the reader knows the stuti has been received and accepted.
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gīrbhiḥ
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with His words
Instrumental plural of gir (speech). Plural — many words, an extended address. Kṛṣṇa's reply that follows (vv. 29–35) is what is meant by gīrbhiḥ. The Lord's gīr to a devotee is itself prasāda.
Krsna somewhat bewildered Akrura (sammohayan iva), by increasing his awareness of his powers.
The Lord was praised by favorable words (sam—stutaḥ) revealing Akrūra’s intentions such as verse 24. Kṛṣṇa put him into a state in which he could not properly reason (sammohanyan) with his special, pleasing words expressing of the Lord’s human pastimes and filled with pure bhakti, as in the next verse, Kṛṣṇa was filled with all powers (bhagavān), with attractive pastimes (harih).
Akrūra’s devotion (bhaktena) was indicated by his worship and his praises. The Lord was pleased with this. Therefore he smiled, and spoke with affection and sincerity (prāha) since he was full of all qualities (bhagavān), because he was all attractive (hariḥ). He bewildered Akrūra by his words alone, not in terms of truth. Akrūra could not determine the true meaning of the words and he did not expect the Lord to speak directly to him. Iva indicates that because the Lord had good conduct, bewildering words were not expected. Or by his sweet words, the Lord produced great possessiveness for the Lord in Akrūra. Iva indicates that Akrūra naturally had possessiveness for the Lord.
After a long stuti, the listener does not break the spell with argument — He answers with a smile and words that complete the embrace. Bhagavān's reply to His devotee is sa-smitam: the smile precedes the speech, and the speech is the smile in language.
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