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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.49.14

శ్రీశుక ఉవాచ ఇత్యనుస్మృత్య స్వజనం కృష్ణం చ జగదీశ్వరమ్ । ప్రారుదద్ దు:ఖితా రాజన్ భవతాం ప్రపితామహీ ॥ ౧౪ ॥
śrī-śuka uvāca
[shree-shuka uvaacha]
ity anusmṛtya sva-janaṁ
[ity anusmritya sva-janam]
kṛṣṇaṁ ca jagad-īśvaram
[krishnam cha jagad-eeshvaram]
prārudad duḥkhitā rājan
[praarudad duhkhitaa raajan]
bhavatāṁ prapitāmahī
[bhavataam prapitaamahee]
śrī - śukaḥ uvāca — Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said iti — as expressed in these words anusmṛtya — remembering sva - janam — her own relatives kṛṣṇam — Kṛṣṇa ca — and jagat — of the universe īśvaram — the Supreme Lord prārudat — she cried loudly duḥkhitā — unhappy rājan — O King (Parīkṣit) bhavatām — of your good self prapitāmahī — the great-grandmother .
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
śrī-śuka uvāca
śrī - śukaḥ uvāca
Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said
ity anusmṛtya sva-janaṁ
iti
as expressed in these words
anusmṛtya
remembering
sva - janam
her own relatives
kṛṣṇaṁ ca jagad-īśvaram
kṛṣṇam
Kṛṣṇa
ca
and
jagat
of the universe
īśvaram
the Supreme Lord
prārudad duḥkhitā rājan
prārudat
she cried loudly
duḥkhitā
unhappy
rājan
O King (Parīkṣit)
bhavatāṁ prapitāmahī
bhavatām
of your good self
prapitāmahī
the great-grandmother .
  • anusmṛtya — remembering
    Anu (after, alongside) + smṛ. Continuous, settled remembrance — the smaraṇa that has matured into a steady state. The Bhāgavata uses this prefix to mark devotional smaraṇa as distinct from ordinary recall.
  • jagat-īśvaram — the Supreme Lord of the universe
    Jagat (the moving cosmos) + īśvara (controller). Vyāsa places this title in apposition to 'Kṛṣṇa' so the reader cannot miss it: the boy of Vraja and the Lord of the universe are the same Person.
  • prārudat — she cried loudly
    Pra + √rud (to weep). The intensive prefix turns ordinary weeping into the full-throated cry of viraha-bhakti — the same verb the gopīs use when Kṛṣṇa leaves for Mathurā (SB 10.39).
  • prapitāmahī — the great-grandmother
    Vyāsa reminds Parīkṣit that Kuntī is his great-grandmother. The whole Bhāgavata exists because Parīkṣit's life was saved by Kṛṣṇa in the womb — and that lineage starts with this very Kuntī weeping in Hastināpura.
Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: Thus meditating on her family members and also on Kṛṣṇa, the Lord of the universe, your great-grandmother Kuntīdevī began to cry out in grief, O King.
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: Thus meditating on her family members and also on Kṛṣṇa, the Lord of the universe, your great-grandmother Kuntīdevī began to cry out in grief, O King.
Commentary

The great grandmother (prapitamahi) of Pariksit, Kunti, then cried.

Jīva Gosvāmī Gauḍīya
Commentary

Repeatedly remembering (anusmṛtya) her parents and others (svajanam) and Kṛṣṇa as the Lord of the universe, or remembering Kṛṣṇa who was her friend (sva-janam) as Lord of the universe, or remembering Kṛṣṇa, though he was Lord of the universe, as her friend (sva-janam), she became sad because she could not attain him, and then cried with choked voice (pra--arudat). She was your great grandmother. She had such affection for Kṛṣṇa. You are fortunate to be her great grandson. Śukadeva says this to increase Parīkṣit’s bliss. He uses the word bhavatām (your) in the plural out of great respect. In joy he calls out “O king!”

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Kuntī weeps the way the Yamunā rises during the rains — not in collapse but in fullness. Her grief is no longer over Hastināpura; it has become viraha for Kṛṣṇa Himself. The two streams have merged.

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