Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.70.21
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
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brahma-vādinaḥ
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fluent in the Vedas
Brahma-vādin is the technical term for the master of Vedic recitation. That such masters sit in Kṛṣṇa's court chanting establishes the Vedas themselves as His servants, not His sources.
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puṇya-yaśasām
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of pious fame
Yaśas — fame — in śāstra is reckoned only when pious (puṇya). Material celebrity is not yaśas. The brāhmaṇas recite only those whose fame stands in dharma; Kṛṣṇa is Himself the source of all puṇya-yaśas.
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kathāḥ
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stories, narratives
Kṛṣṇa-kathā and bhāgavata-kathā are the Gauḍīya tradition's central practice. Hearing kathā in the presence of Bhagavān is the SB's image of Vaikuṇṭha; the morning court is its earthly version.
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āsīnāḥ
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seated
Sitting (āsīna) in Bhagavān's presence is itself a form of seva. The Six Gosvāmīs would sit before the deity reading kathā for hours. The posture is not passive — it is one of the most active possible.
Brahmanas chanted the Vedas (brahma ahuh) and those expert at speaking (vadinah) related stories of pious kings.
Brāhmaṇas who knew the meaning of the Vedas, chanted the Vedas. Other persons recited stories from the itihāsas and Purāṇas.
Brāhmaṇas who knew the meaning of the Vedas, or discussed the Vedas, chanted the Vedas. Other persons recited stories from the itihāsas and Purāṇas.
Brāhmaṇas chanting Vedic mantras and recounting tales of pious kings of old in Kṛṣṇa's court is like ancestors visiting their own descendant — the One whom every Veda sings and every pious king worshipped now sits and listens to His own praise.
The whole Bhāgavatam frame — sages at Naimiṣāraṇya hearing of pious kings from Sūta Gosvāmī — repeats the choreography of this verse. Kṛṣṇa's own court is the cosmic original of every śāstric assembly.
The Gauḍīyas read every Bhāgavata-kathā session as a re-entry into this Dvārakā court: wherever Bhagavān is praised in the mouth of brāhmaṇas, the Sudharmā hall is locally re-established.
My note
Source: vedabase.io