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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.59.34

తం ప్రవిష్టం స్‍త్రియో వీక్ష్య నరవర్యం విమోహితా: । మనసా వవ్రిరేఽభీష్టం పతిం దైవోపసాదితమ్ ॥ ౩౪ ॥
tam praviṣṭaṁ striyo vīkṣya
[tam pravishtam striyo veekshya]
nara-varyaṁ vimohitāḥ
[nara-varyam vimohitaah]
manasā vavrire ’bhīṣṭaṁ
[manasaa vavrire ’bheeshtam]
patiṁ daivopasāditam
[patim daivopasaaditam]
Word-for-word
tam — Him praviṣṭam — entered striyaḥ — the women vīkṣya — seeing nara — of men varyam — the most excellent vimohitāḥ — enchanted manasā — in their minds vavrire — chose abhīṣṭam — desirable patim — as their husband daiva — by fate upasāditam — brought .
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
tam praviṣṭaṁ striyo vīkṣya
tam
Him
praviṣṭam
entered
striyaḥ
the women
vīkṣya
seeing
nara-varyaṁ vimohitāḥ
nara
of men
varyam
the most excellent
vimohitāḥ
enchanted
manasā vavrire ’bhīṣṭaṁ
manasā
in their minds
vavrire
chose
abhīṣṭam
desirable
patiṁ daivopasāditam
patim
as their husband
daiva
by fate
upasāditam
brought .
Important Words
  • nara - varyam — most excellent of men
    Compound: nara (man) + varya (best, choicest). The princesses see Him first as nara — a man entering the room — and then as nara-varya. The Bhāgavatam never embarrasses the human-face of Bhagavān; that face is the doorway.
  • vimohitāḥ — enchanted
    From vi + √muh (to be bewildered). The same root as moha (delusion) — but here the 'bewilderment' is the auspicious one: charmed-by-the-Lord rather than charmed-by-māyā. Gauḍīyas call this rāga, attraction; it inverts the usual valence of moha.
  • vavrire — they chose
    Perfect of √vṛ (to choose) — the same root that gives svayaṁ-vara, the ceremony of self-choice for a kṣatriya bride. Each princess, in her heart, performs her own svayaṁvara. The Lord is, simultaneously, chosen 16,100 times.
  • daiva - upasāditam — brought by destiny
    Compound: daiva (the divine arrangement) + upasādita (brought near). Gauḍīyas read daiva as Bhagavān's own design — He arranges what He then receives. The grammar of grace.
The women became enchanted when they saw that most excellent of males enter. In their minds they each accepted Him, who had been brought there by destiny, as their chosen husband.
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
The women became enchanted when they saw that most excellent of males enter. In their minds they each accepted Him, who had been brought there by destiny, as their chosen husband.
Jīva Gosvāmī Gauḍīya
Commentary

Seeing him directly (vi—īkṣya) the women were bewildered by the Lord. He was completely desired (abhi—iṣṭam), desired for a long time. He was rare to achieve but they achieved him by previous bhakti (daivopasāditam). They accepted him as their husband. nivasantyo yathā devyaḥ sukhinyaḥ kāma-varjitāḥ // parivavrur mahā-bāhum eka-veṇī-dharāḥ striyaḥ / sarvāḥ kāṣāya-vāsinyaḥ sarvāś ca niyatendriyāḥ // vratopavāsa-tattvajṣāḥ kāṅkṣantyaḥ kṛṣṇa-darśanam / The women living there, devoid of material desire, wearing single braids, accepted Kṛṣṇa in joy. They were all wearing soiled garments. Controlling their senses, practicing vows and fasting, knowing the truth, they desired to see Kṛṣṇa.

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BG 14.1 BG 12.6 BG 9.34 BG 13.5 BG 18.1 BG 3.10 BG 10.4 BG 6.13 BG 7.8 BG 18.37
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Analogy

Captive birds suddenly see a forest open at the cage door, and each one's heart turns toward the same green — not by agreement but by nature. The princesses, each in her own corner of the prison, each silently choose the same man. Daiva — what the verse calls fate — Gauḍīyas read as the Lord's own arrangement.

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