Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.57.6
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
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vikrośamānānām
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(of the women) screaming
Present participle of vi-√kruś. The women's cries form the soundscape of the crime — the Bhāgavatam refuses to let the murder be silent. Gauḍīyas note: any act that leaves devotees weeping is by definition unrighteous, whatever its political justification.
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anātha - vat
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as if without a protector
Compound: a-nātha (without lord) + vat (as if). The cry of one who has no nātha — and yet Kṛṣṇa is already in motion. Gauḍīyas read this as the structural form of all distress in Bhāgavata: those who appear nātha-less are precisely those for whom Bhagavān comes.
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saunika - vat
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like a butcher
Compound: saunika (butcher) + vat (like). One of Bhāgavatam's stark similes for someone trafficking in violence for gain. The same word recurs in the Sixth Canto for the Yamadūtas' description of pāpa-karma.
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jagmivān
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he went (off)
Perfect participle of √gam. The verse closes with the criminal's departure — and the chapter will close with Kṛṣṇa's pursuit. Sanskrit narrative architecture: the going-away of pāpa sets up the coming-after of Bhagavān.
The scene is described. The possessive case of strīṇāṁ vikrośamānānāṁ krandantīnām indicates that he was indifferent to their crying and screaming.
His wicked nature is described. The possessive case of strīṇāṁ vikrośamānānāṁ krandantīnām indicates that he was indifferent to their crying and screaming. Or it has a locative meaning, “even though they screamed.” Though they appeared to be without a master (anāthavat), they had Kṛṣṇa as their master. The example of killing animals suggests his great sin.
The verse compares Śatadhanvā to a butcher leaving the slaughter pen — women weeping like leaderless cattle, jewel in hand. Bhāgavata's image is exact: greed always reduces persons to paśus, even when the killer wears royal clothes.
My note
Source: vedabase.io