Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.69.20-22
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
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aviduṣā iva
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as if by one in ignorance
aviduṣā = by one who does not know; iva = as if. Bhagavān is sarva-jña; the chapter says iva — the ignorance is performed. Gauḍīyas treat this iva as one of the central markers of mānuṣīṁ tanum āśritam: the Lord adopts human limitations as a līlā-veil, not as a real limitation.
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pūrṇānām apūrṇaiḥ
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for the full by the not-full
Genitive plural + instrumental plural pair. The full ones (pūrṇa) are devotees like Nārada; the not-full ones (apūrṇa) is Kṛṣṇa's playful self-description. The inversion is the chapter's signature: Bhagavān positions Himself as needy before the one He sustains.
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uddhavena
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with Uddhava
Uddhava — Kṛṣṇa's cousin, minister, and intimate friend. He is the receiver of the Uddhava-gītā (SB 11.6-29). His presence at the dice game places this scene firmly in sakhya-territory even inside the aiśvarya-bound Dvārakā setting.
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vismitaḥ
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astonished
Past participle of vi + √smi (to wonder, smile). Nārada — who has seen Bhagavān across yugas — is still vismita. Gauḍīyas hold this as proof that wonder is not the disposition of beginners but the permanent texture of darśana; the deeper the bhakta, the more easily astonished.
In Kṛṣṇa, Śrīla Prabhupāda explains that when Nārada arrived at the second palace, “Lord Kṛṣṇa acted as if He did not know what had happened in the palace of Rukmiṇī.” Nārada understood that Lord Kṛṣṇa was simultaneously present in both palaces, performing different activities, so “he simply left the palace silently, in great astonishment over the Lord’s activities.”
At the palace of Satyabhama (tatra), he saw the Lord playing dice. He spoke to Narada who was standing silently in great astonishment.
In this house he saw Kṛṣṇa also. This phrase from verse 13 should be supplied to verse 20. Or the sentence can be connected with the verb acaṣṭa in verse 23. Uddhava acted as the witness to the game of dice. The two words ca indicate that both Uddhava and Satyabhāmā were both principal persons in the game since the witness acts as an assistant. He was worshiped by the Lord. In one and a half verses, Kṛṣṇa asks questions. He asked as if he did not know that Nārada had come (though just previously Kṛṣṇa had welcomed Nārada in Rukmiṇī’s palace). It should be placed after kuru in verse 22. When did you come? What can we do for you? He uses the plural to include Balarāma. Give us an order.
But (api) there he saw the Lord playing dice. Or even there he saw Kṛṣṇa. This sentence should be supplied. Or this verse can be connected with the phrase he saw Govinda in verse 23. The two words ca indicate that both Uddhava and Satyabhāmā were both principal persons in the game. And both Satyabhāmā and Kṛṣṇa had affection equal affection for Uddhava. He was worshipped by the Lord and offered foot water etc. He acted as if he did not know that he had previously spoken similar words. What can we humans or Yādavas, or us Lords (Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma, in plural out of respect for Balarāma), do for perfect persons? Or he uses the plural (asmat) to indicate respect since he was full of all powers. Please order me (brūhi). Make our birth auspicious. O personification of the Vedas (brahman)! It is quite suitable that you can do this.
A teacher who has been seated all day suddenly stands when a student enters the room and asks, 'When did you arrive?' as if the meeting were the student's gift to him. The reversal is the teaching. Kṛṣṇa playing dice with His beloved and Uddhava rises for Nārada and speaks as if He, the full one, were the one in need.
My note
Source: vedabase.io