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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.52.5

భగవాన్ పునరావ్రజ్య పురీం యవనవేష్టితామ్ । హత్వా మ్‍లేచ్ఛబలం నిన్యే తదీయం ద్వారకాం ధనమ్ ॥ ౫ ॥
bhagavān punar āvrajya
[bhagavaan punar aavrajya]
purīṁ yavana-veṣṭitām
[pureem yavana-veshtitaam]
hatvā mleccha-balaṁ ninye
[hatvaa mlechcha-balam ninye]
tadīyaṁ dvārakāṁ dhanam
[tadeeyam dvaarakaam dhanam]
bhagavān — the Lord punaḥ — once again āvrajya — returning purīm — to His city yavana — by the Yavanas veṣṭitām — surrounded hatvā — killing mleccha — of barbarians balam — the army ninye — He brought tadīyam — their dvārakām — to Dvārakā dhanam — wealth .
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
bhagavān punar āvrajya
bhagavān
the Lord
punaḥ
once again
āvrajya
returning
purīṁ yavana-veṣṭitām
purīm
to His city
yavana
by the Yavanas
veṣṭitām
surrounded
hatvā mleccha-balaṁ ninye
hatvā
killing
mleccha
of barbarians
balam
the army
ninye
He brought
tadīyaṁ dvārakāṁ dhanam
tadīyam
their
dvārakām
to Dvārakā
dhanam
wealth .
  • bhagavān — the Lord
    From root √bhaj. Per Viṣṇu Purāṇa 6.5.47, Bhagavān possesses all six opulences in full — wealth, strength, fame, beauty, knowledge, renunciation. The title flags that even this mundane-looking treasure-recovery is a Bhagavān-līlā, not a war chief's raid.
  • yavana-veṣṭitām — surrounded by the Yavanas
    Compound: yavana (the barbarian invader, here Kālayavana's remnant army) + veṣṭitām (surrounded). The siege image emphasizes that Mathurā is suffocated; Kṛṣṇa's return is decompressive, restoring breath to the city.
  • mleccha-balam — the army of barbarians
    Compound. Mleccha denotes those outside Vedic dharma. The Bhāgavatam uses the term descriptively, not racially — the army's defining feature is its lawless conduct, and Kṛṣṇa removes it as a surgeon removes infection.
  • dvārakām — to Dvārakā
    Dvārakā literally means 'the city of many gates' — Kṛṣṇa's island-fortress capital. Gauḍīyas hold Dvārakā as the seat of aiśvarya-līlā (majestic pastimes), contrasted with Vraja as the seat of mādhurya. Wealth flowing toward Dvārakā fits the rasa.
The Lord returned to Mathurā, which was still surrounded by Yavanas. Then He destroyed the army of barbarians and began taking their valuables to Dvārakā.

It is clear from this verse that Kālayavana alone pursued Lord Kṛṣṇa into the mountain cave. When Kṛṣṇa returned to the besieged city of Mathurā, He eliminated the vast barbarian army.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
The Lord returned to Mathurā, which was still surrounded by Yavanas. Then He destroyed the army of barbarians and began taking their valuables to Dvārakā.
Commentary

Killing the enemy army, he began to take (ninye) the booty to Dvaraka.

Jīva Gosvāmī Gauḍīya
Commentary

Instead of purīṁ yavana-veṣṭitām sometimes madhurāṁ yavane hate is seen.

Śrīdhara Svāmī Gauḍīya
Commentary

The Lord endowed with all powers (bhagavān), Kṛṣṇa, easily killed the armies since they were without their leader and ordered their wealth be taken to Dvārakā.

Related values
Anahankarah (Freedom from False Ego)
Related verses
Concepts
Jiva

Kṛṣṇa returns to Mathurā the way a homeowner returns to a house ringed by stray dogs — He does not negotiate; He clears the porch, takes what belongs to His people, and brings it home to Dvārakā. The wealth removed is not greed; it is the dharmic recovery of what the Yavanas seized from sages and citizens.

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