Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.56.37
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
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hṛṣīkeśam
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the Lord of the senses
Compound: hṛṣīka (senses) + īśa (lord). The Gītā's chosen name for Kṛṣṇa as Arjuna's sārathi — the one in charge of the senses. The citizens' senses (which they thought were the issue) are revealed to belong to Him.
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iva āgatam
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as if come (back)
Compound idea: iva (as if) + āgata (come). The Bhāgavatam's structural irony — the Lord cannot die, but to His devotees His absence is death-equivalent, so His return is felt as resurrection. Bhakti measures presence and absence on the death-scale.
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maṇi-grīvam
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the jewel on (His) neck
Compound: maṇi (jewel) + grīva (neck). The same gem that was supposedly the cause of the killing now hangs visibly on the supposed killer's neck — public, unhidden. The slander dies in one image.
According to Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī, Jāmbavān had placed the jewel on the Lord’s neck when he had presented his daughter in marriage.
At the time of giving his daughter to Krsna, Jambavan also put the jewel around the neck of Krsna (mani grivam).
Without Kṛṣṇa the inhabitants had become almost unconscious, without senses. Kṛṣṇa was the master of their senses (hṛṣīkeśam). The jewel around his neck is mentioned last because simply by wearing in on his neck he reversed the situation completely, causing joy to the devotees and sorrow to his detractors.
Kṛṣṇa was the master of their senses (hṛṣīkeśam). He inspired their jubilation. He wore the jewel around his neck to dispel the gossip. The festival became greater because it pleased Kṛṣṇa.
He has come back from the dead — that is how it looked to His city — bearing the jewel they had accused Him of taking, with a wife they did not know He was acquiring. Every line of the slander is rewritten in His favour by one homecoming.
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Source: vedabase.io