Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.58.22
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
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kālindī
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Kālindī
Her name — derived from the Kalinda mountain whence Yamunā flows. Naming herself, she names the river she is rooted in. Gauḍīya: in Vraja, Kālindī is one of Yamunā's epithets; the wife of Kṛṣṇa shares her name with His beloved river.
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yamunā - jale
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in the water of the Yamunā
Compound — locative. Her dwelling is inside the river itself, in a mansion her father built. Gauḍīyas read this as cosmic propriety: a child of the Sun dwells under the water her sister keeps.
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acyuta - darśanam
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the sight of Acyuta (Kṛṣṇa)
Compound acyuta + darśana. The whole tapas is for darśana — and darśana of the acyuta specifically, the Lord who never falls away once seen. Gauḍīya: once Kṛṣṇa's darśana is granted, the bhakta is acyuta-darśanā forever.
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yāvat
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until
A small word carrying her vow's whole structure: she will not stir from the water until darśana comes. Gauḍīya: niṣṭhā — fixed firmness — is the stage of bhakti between ruci and bhāva.
Since Kālindī was a beloved child of the sun-god himself, who would dare disturb her? From this incident we can appreciate the beautiful spiritual processes executed in previous ages by great souls. Unlike the so-called love in worldly “love affairs,” beautiful Kālindī’s love for Lord Kṛṣṇa was pure and perfect. Even though Kālindī was a tender young girl, her determination to marry Kṛṣṇa was so strong that she arranged for her father to build her a house in the Yamunā where she could perform severe austerities until the day her beloved came.
"I am well known as Kalindi. Who does not know me, the daughter of the sun god?" By this statement she indicates her high status. "My father built me a house in the river. I am greatly favored by my father. Who has the power to go against me?"
She then answers the questions. Kālindī means Yamunā. I am known as Kālindī and live in the water, filled with my energy. “Your living in the water means that you travel around everywhere like the fish.” I live in a house build by my father, the sun god, by some special powers. The sun is inconceivably able to move everywhere by his desire. Out of affection he made the best house for me. But I am not bewildered by this luxury. I will stay here until I am accepted by Kṛṣṇa, who never fails to keep his promise (acyuta). On seeing him and being accepted, my austerities will bear fruit. Simply staying and performing austerities is not my goal.
She then answers the questions. Kālindī means she is the figurative daughter of Kalinda Mountain (since Yamunā River arises from that mountain). This is my name (samākhyatā). Other names like Kṛṣṇā are secondary. Why do you live in the water? I live there in a palace built by my father. This answers the question kutaḥ (where). Since my father was the best of devatās, he could build the house in the water. Thus it was excellent, built out of affection. In that place I am not bewildered. The goal of my austerities is to see the Lord, who does not deviate from his promise (acyuta). Na me bhaktaḥ praṇaśyati: I declare that my devotee will not be vanquished. (BG 9.31)
A bird that has chosen its nest does not flit between branches — it sits, and waits for the wind that knows where it is. Kālindī's mansion in the river is the practitioner's āsana: settled, marked, returnable.
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Source: vedabase.io