Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.56.21
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
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apūrvam
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never before (seen)
Compound: a (not) + pūrvam (before). The nurse intuits what Jāmbavān cannot yet — this person has never been seen because He is not a person of the seen order. The Bhāgavatam often gives the deeper recognition to the lowliest character.
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balinām varaḥ
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the best of the strong
Compound: balinām (of the strong, genitive plural) + varaḥ (best). Jāmbavān's epithet from the Rāmāyaṇa — strongest of bears who lifted Hanumān and counselled the army. Bhāgavata reuses Rāmāyaṇa diction to remind us who this is.
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kruddhaḥ
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angry
From √krudh. The first emotion of the great devotee toward his Lord — wrong recognition produces krodha. The Bhāgavatam will spend twenty-eight days draining it; only then comes jñāna.
As if out of fear of seeing a human form (bhitavat), the nurse began to cry. She was not even aware of his desire of taking the jewel. Actually, it was not real fear, for seeing the lord is naturally a cause of jubilation.
The nurse saw the human who was astonishing because of his great strength and beauty. Though Kṛṣṇa was gentle she became worried because of his unannounced entrance. She would not be frightened by a relative or known person entering. Jāmbavān came running to face him.
Seeing the astonishing or unique person—completely different from anyone else, the nurse cried out as if afraid. She actually had no fear, by the influence of Jāmbavān. Or the word iva is just a manner of expression with no particular meaning. She was afraid. Jāmbavān was angry and ran towards Kṛṣṇa since he was the best of strong persons.
A nurse's cry is the small alarm by which the great devotee is woken — Jāmbavān does not recognise Bhagavān yet; he hears only that a stranger is near the child. Many a sādhaka first meets Bhagavān as 'an intruder near my project'.
My note
Source: vedabase.io