Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.57.11
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
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bhītaḥ
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frightened
Past participle of √bhī. The Bhāgavata frames Śatadhanvā by a single word: he is afraid. Gauḍīyas read this against Bhagavad-gītā 5.29's promise — peace comes to one who knows Kṛṣṇa as suhṛd. The opposite knower (one who has wronged Kṛṣṇa's relations) is frozen by fear.
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prāṇa - parīpsayā
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out of the desire to save his life
Compound: prāṇa (life) + parī-√āp (to seek to obtain) + -ā (instr. fem.). The whole verse pivots on this phrase — Śatadhanvā suddenly cares about prāṇa, having moments ago cared about a gem. Gauḍīyas note: lobha forgets death until death approaches.
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sāhāyye
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for assistance
Locative of sāhāyya (helpfulness). The technical word for an alliance against an enemy. He asks the co-conspirator for sāhāyya against Kṛṣṇa — the impossibility of which sets up the next three verses' confessions.
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kṛtavarmāṇam
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Kṛtavarmā
Accusative of Kṛtavarmā, the Yādava chief who fought on the Kaurava side at Kurukṣetra. Gauḍīyas trace his trajectory: complicit here, later partisan against the Pāṇḍavas, eventually destroyed in the Yādava infighting. The chapter shows the first slip.
Satabhama also returned, and explained that Krsna and Balarama could not bring her father back to life, and had thus lamented.
He desired to save his life only, not his reputation or dharma. He desired to save his life completely (pari), with no injury. He had a desire for life which was almost gone. He went to Kṛtavarmā first since he was a commander. He doubted Akrūra would help since he was a great devotee.
The murderer who has the jewel discovers the gem cannot protect him — a stolen opulence is heavy in the hand and useless against Kṛṣṇa's pursuit. Śatadhanvā begs Kṛtavarmā for shelter, the way every soul living off plunder eventually asks someone weaker than Bhagavān for help.
My note
Source: vedabase.io