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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.76.6

దేవాసురమనుష్యాణాం గన్ధర్వోరగరక్షసామ్ । అభేద్యం కామగం వవ్రే స యానం వృష్ణిభీషణమ్ ॥ ౬ ॥
devāsura-manuṣyāṇāṁ
[devaasura-manushyaanaam]
gandharvoraga-rakṣasām
[gandharvoraga-rakshasaam]
abhedyaṁ kāma-gaṁ vavre
[abhedyam kaama-gam vavre]
sa yānaṁ vṛṣṇi-bhīṣaṇam
[sa yaanam vrishni-bheeshanam]
Word-for-word
deva — by demigods asura — demons manuṣyāṇām — and humans gandharva — by Gandharvas uraga — celestial serpents rakṣasām — and Rākṣasa spirits abhedyam — indestructible kāma — at will gam — traveling vavre — chose saḥ — he yānam — a vehicle vṛṣṇi — for the Vṛṣṇis bhīṣaṇam — terrifying .
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
devāsura-manuṣyāṇāṁ
deva
by demigods
asura
demons
manuṣyāṇām
and humans
gandharvoraga-rakṣasām
gandharva
by Gandharvas
uraga
celestial serpents
rakṣasām
and Rākṣasa spirits
abhedyaṁ kāma-gaṁ vavre
abhedyam
indestructible
kāma
at will
gam
traveling
vavre
chose
sa yānaṁ vṛṣṇi-bhīṣaṇam
saḥ
he
yānam
a vehicle
vṛṣṇi
for the Vṛṣṇis
bhīṣaṇam
terrifying .
Important Words
  • abhedyam — indestructible
    a- + bhid (to break) + -ya. Śālva engineers safety from every species — yet leaves out one category: the Lord Himself. The Bhāgavatam will exploit precisely this gap. No abheda is possible against Bhagavān; only śaraṇa is.
  • kāma-gam — traveling at will
    Compound from synonyms (kāma + gam). Kāma here means 'wish' — the vehicle moves wherever desire points. Gauḍīyas read kāma-driven motion as the asura's geometry; the devotee's geometry is bhāva-driven (rādhā-bhāva, Mahāprabhu's mood).
  • vavre — chose
    Perfect of √vṛ — to choose, to select. Same root as varaḥ (boon) and vara (groom). What Śālva chooses defines him: he marries his vow to a vehicle rather than dissolving the vow in śaraṇa.
  • vṛṣṇi — for the Vṛṣṇis
    Kṛṣṇa's clan-name through Vṛṣṇi the ancestor. The asura specifies his target by name — he is not abstractly anti-divine but personally anti-Vṛṣṇi, which is to say anti-parikara of Kṛṣṇa.
  • bhīṣaṇam — terrifying
    From √bhī (to fear). The asuric weapon is calibrated to one effect — fear. The Bhāgavatam's whole point in narrating it is to show that fear cannot touch one whose heart rests in Kṛṣṇa (cf. SB 1.7.10, ātmārāmāś ca munayaḥ).
Śālva chose a vehicle that could be destroyed by neither demigods, demons, humans, Gandharvas, Uragas nor Rākṣasas, that could travel anywhere he wished to go, and that would terrify the Vṛṣṇis.
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Śālva chose a vehicle that could be destroyed by neither demigods, demons, humans, Gandharvas, Uragas nor Rākṣasas, that could travel anywhere he wished to go, and that would terrify the Vṛṣṇis.
Jīva Gosvāmī Gauḍīya
Commentary

He chose a vehicle that would frighten the Vṛṣṇis. However it would not kill them. This last part of the benediction was inspired by Śiva.

Śrīdhara Svāmī Gauḍīya
Commentary

He chose a vehicle that would frighten the Vṛṣṇis. It went on the land, water, mountains and sky. However it would not kill them. This last part of the benediction was inspired by Śiva.

Related values & verses
Related values
Adambhitva (Non-hypocrisy / Authenticity)Vairagya (Detachment / Dispassion)Tejas (Inner Radiance / Vigour)Discriminative Wisdom
Related verses
BG 5.18 BG 8.4 BG 14.12 BG 14.1 BG 12.1 BG 18.37 BG 11.1 BG 3.3 SB 1.2BG 12.3 BG 4.8 BG 15.9 BG 6.35 BG 18.74
Concepts
Jiva
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Personal Guidance
Analogy

Like a man who, granted any treasure, asks only for armor against shame, Śālva narrows infinity to a flying fortress. The boon-giver's open hand becomes a measure of the asker's small heart.

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