Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.58.40
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
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yācñā
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begging
From √yāc — to ask. Bhagavān names His own action as yācñā — begging. Gauḍīya: Bhagavān begs from His own devotees what is already His; the begging is His rasa-art, not His need.
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vigarhitā
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condemned
Past participle of vi + √garh — censured. Kavayas (learned authorities) censure begging by a kṣatriya. Bhagavān acknowledges the censure even as He sets it aside. Gauḍīya: rasa sometimes overrides śāstra's surface; bhakti is the meta-rule.
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sauhṛda - icchayā
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desiring friendship
Compound sauhṛda (friendship, well-wishing) + icchā (desire). The motive admitted openly: the Lord wants friendship with this household. Gauḍīya: His asking is not a transaction; it is the bid for sauhṛda.
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śulka - dāḥ
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bride-price givers
Compound śulka (bride-price) + dā (giver). Kṛṣṇa declares He brings no bride-price — yet (as verse 45 will show) He pays the price the king set: subduing the bulls. The economic exchange is replaced by valour. Gauḍīya: Bhagavān pays in līlā, not coin.
"Even one who is an inferior kstariya should not ask from another. Tthough I am a superior ksatriya I am asking. I ask for your daughter without dowry."
I act in accordance human pastimes which give the bliss of prema to my devotees. Because of your prema, I transgress the rules that should be followed. Kṛṣṇa speaks with a skilful request worthy of a kṣatriya, while indicating the scriptural conclusion. He addresses the king respectable as a father-in-law in order to make his relationship with him strong. O king (narendra)! Begging for even a fallen kṣatriya is strongly condemned (vi--garhitāḥ) by the wise sages like Vyāsadeva, since stealing by force is praised. With a desire of establishing a happy relationship with you (tava sauhṛdecchayā), or with a desire that you have prema for me, I, a kṣatriya, ask for your daughter, without offering any gifts. This is a profound joke, since in speaking of dharma, Kṛṣṇa understood the price of the bride to be his tying of the bulls.
I will be satisfied by your giving your daughter. Begging by kṣatriyas is condemned by poets like Vyāsa and especially condemned (vi-garhitaḥ) for those following their own dharma. Stealing the girl in the svayaṁbara is praised for kṣatriyas. O king you know this (narendra)! For having a good relationship with you (tava sauhṛdecchayā), or desiring that you have prema for me, I do not give a gift for certain (hi) for respecting the family. He uses the plural (vayam) to indicate the Yadu dynasty, out of respect for being born among them or to indicate the huge family of Yadus. Otherwise others would think him insignificant.
A king does not ordinarily beg — yet the supreme Lord begs from a small king, and the begging is itself the great gift. Friendship's economy turns gifts inside out: in giving you nothing material, He gives you everything.
My note
Source: vedabase.io