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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.69.34

యజన్తం సకలాన్ దేవాన్ క్వ‍ాపి క్రతుభిరూర్జితై: । పూర్తయన్తం క్వ‍‍చిద్ ధర్మం కూర్పారామమఠాదిభి: ॥ ౩౪ ॥
yajantaṁ sakalān devān
[yajantam sakalaan devaan]
kvāpi kratubhir ūrjitaiḥ
[kvaapi kratubhir oorjitaih]
pūrtayantaṁ kvacid dharmaṁ
[poortayantam kvachid dharmam]
kūrpārāma-maṭhādibhiḥ
[koorpaaraama-mathaadibhih]
yajantam — worshiping sakalān — all devān — the demigods kva api — somewhere kratubhiḥ — with sacrifices ūrjitaiḥ — full-blown pūrtayantam — fulfilling by civil service kvacit — somewhere dharmam — religious obligation kūrpa — with wells ārāma — public parks maṭha — monasteries ādibhiḥ — and so on .
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
yajantaṁ sakalān devān
yajantam
worshiping
sakalān
all
devān
the demigods
kvāpi kratubhir ūrjitaiḥ
kva api
somewhere
kratubhiḥ
with sacrifices
ūrjitaiḥ
full-blown
pūrtayantaṁ kvacid dharmaṁ
pūrtayantam
fulfilling by civil service
kvacit
somewhere
dharmam
religious obligation
kūrpārāma-maṭhādibhiḥ
kūrpa
with wells
ārāma
public parks
maṭha
monasteries
ādibhiḥ
and so on .
  • pūrtayantam — fulfilling (by public works)
    Causative of √pṝ (to fill, complete). Pūrta-dharma — works of public benefit (wells, parks, maṭhas, alms-houses) — is a classical category of householder duty paired with iṣṭa (Vedic sacrifices). Kṛṣṇa does both, modeling iṣṭāpūrta-dharma in its entirety.
  • kūrpa-ārāma-maṭha — wells, public parks, monasteries
    Compound: kūrpa (well) + ārāma (pleasure garden, rest-house) + maṭha (monastery). The canonical list of pūrta-works. Gauḍīyas note: maṭhas — institutions of sevā — figure here, and the same tradition is continued through Mahāprabhu's followers building maṭhas in Bengal and Vraja.
  • kratubhiḥ ūrjitaiḥ — with full-blown sacrifices
    Compound: kratu (Vedic sacrifice) + ūrjita (powerful, full-blown). Aśvamedha-class sacrifices. Bhagavān, who is Himself the yajña-puruṣa (BG 9.16), conducts yajñas — the recipient performs the offering, dignifying the form.
  • sakalān devān — all the demigods
    sakala (all, complete) + deva. Kṛṣṇa worships the devas — His own portions and energies — to teach proper respect for Vedic hierarchy. Gauḍīyas: this is not henotheism but pedagogy; the Lord shows that recognising deva-tattva is part of being a proper Vaiṣṇava.
Somewhere He was worshiping all the demigods with elaborate sacrifices, and elsewhere He was fulfilling His religious obligations by doing public welfare work, such as the construction of wells, public parks and monasteries.
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Somewhere He was worshiping all the demigods with elaborate sacrifices, and elsewhere He was fulfilling His religious obligations by doing public welfare work, such as the construction of wells, public parks and monasteries.
Commentary

Sometimes, during Caitra and other auspicious months, during caturmasya or other holy days, Krsna would worship the devas. At other times such as celebration of the beginning of the yuga (yugadi = askaya tritiya????), he would be digging wells.

Jīva Gosvāmī Gauḍīya
Commentary

He worshipped his expansions, the devatās, in deity form and he worshipped the Vaiṣṇavas directly (sakalān devān) by elaborate sacrifices and worship. He performed actions of pūrti (piety). Instead of mathādibhiḥ sometimes ālayādibhiḥ (temples) is seen.

Śrīdhara Svāmī Gauḍīya
Commentary

He worship the devatās who were his vibhūtis (sakalān). Or he worshipped devatās even though they were his expansion, or he worshipped his Viṣṇu forms (devān) though they were his expansions (sakalān), by great sacrifices. He executed public works as part of dharma by making wells, parks and temples. Ādibhiḥ indicates ponds and lakes. The list is in order of increasing excellence.

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A great householder digs wells where there are no rivers, plants public gardens where there are no shade-trees, builds maṭhas where there are no teachers — and in another room offers the great Vedic sacrifices to the devas. The same dharma feeds the village and the gods; Kṛṣṇa keeps both fires lit.

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