Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.48.29
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
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guruḥ
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spiritual master
Bhagavān naming His devotee 'guru.' Gauḍīyas read this as the doctrinal warrant for śikṣā-guru-tattva: the Lord Himself models the receiving-posture, so even the Lord's incarnations make a teacher of senior Vaiṣṇavas.
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pitṛvyaḥ
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paternal uncle
From pitṛ-vya — the brother of the father. Akrūra is Vasudeva's cousin in the Yādava genealogy; Kṛṣṇa observes the kinship-rank precisely. Gauḍīyas note: even svayaṁ-bhagavān honors family seniority within the human līlā.
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rakṣyāḥ-poṣyāḥ
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to be protected, to be maintained
Two gerundive forms in a row, joined by the verse's third — anukampyāḥ. Kṛṣṇa stacks the dependent-postures. Rakṣya from √rakṣ (to protect), poṣya from √puṣ (to nourish). The grammar itself prostrates: Bhagavān names Himself as the one who needs to be protected and fed by the devotee.
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prajāḥ
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children, dependents
From pra + √jan — those who issue from. Kṛṣṇa places Himself in the position of Akrūra's prajā. The svatantra-īśvara of the previous chapter accepts the role of dependent in this one. Līlā permits both.
"We are like your sons (prajah)."
You are our guru. Kṛṣṇa uses the plural to indicate himself and Balarāma in order to show his status as an ordinary person. Akrūra was a guru because he gave instructions. He was a friend because he did beneficial acts for them. He was praiseworthy because of being the greatest teacher, greatest uncle, and greatest friend. We were always protected by you from dangers, nourished by you with food, and were always the objects of your compassion by giving instructions because (hi) we were your sons.
A king visits his old tutor and announces, in front of the court, that he is still the tutor's student — paternal uncle, elder, friend, the one whose protection he claims to need. Bhagavān places Himself one rung below Akrūra and lets the verse stand on the page. Vinaya is the Lord's mood, not just His devotees'.
In SB 10.45, after the death of Kaṁsa, Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma went to Avantī to study under Sandīpani Muni. They carried wood, ate alms, served their guru as ordinary brahmacārīs, and on completion offered the gift the guru most wanted — the recovery of his drowned son from the depths of the sea.
Three chapters later, that same Kṛṣṇa addresses Akrūra as 'Our guru.' The Lord's discipleship is not theatrical — it is the consistent posture of His vraja-tāte (paternal-side) and Yādava interactions.
My note
Source: vedabase.io