Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.78.5
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
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mātuleyaḥ
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maternal cousin
Mātula (mother's brother) + -eya (descendant of). Dantavakra invokes the closest Vedic kinship-bond — and uses it as grievance. The Lord remains mātuleya through the killing itself.
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mitra-dhruk
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betrayer of friends
Mitra (friend) + dhruk (root √druh, 'to injure, betray'). The accusation Dantavakra hurls is precisely the sin he himself is about to commit toward his own ātmā by attacking the Paramātmā.
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jighāṁsasi
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you wish to kill
Desiderative of √han. The grammatical mood of intention. Dantavakra mistakes Kṛṣṇa's protection of dharma for personal vendetta — projecting his own jighāṁsā onto the Lord.
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manda
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fool
Manda = slow, dull, stupid. The standard demonic vocative for Kṛṣṇa (also used by Hiraṇyakaśipu, Rāvaṇa). In Gauḍīya reading, manda is the demon's mirror — he names in Kṛṣṇa what is true of himself.
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vajra-kalpayā
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thunderbolt-like
Vajra (Indra's thunderbolt) + kalpa (resembling). Dantavakra borrows Indra's icon; but Indra's vajra was made from Dadhīci's bones — a saint's body. The demon's club has no such consecration.
The ācāryas have given the following alternate grammatical division of the third line of this verse: atas tvāṁ gadayā amanda, in which case Dantavakra says, “My dear Lord Kṛṣṇa, You are amanda [not foolish], and therefore with Your powerful club You will now send me back home, back to Godhead.” This is the inner meaning of this verse.
Dantavakra’s mother, Srutasrava, was the sister of Vasudeva. Thus he is Krsna’s cousin on his mother’s side (matuleya). "Though you are my Lord, you have now appeared as my cousin. It is proper that you desire to kill me, who is envious of his own cousin. Oh, intelligent one (amanda), striking me with your club Kaumodaki, which is like a thunderbolt, I will attain you (hanisye). Describing your club in this way is to attract the common people. Actually however, killing me, who in comparison am very insignificant, the thunderbolt club will reveal your personal strength."
Dantavakra’s mother was Śrutadevī, sister of Vasudeva. Thus Kṛṣṇa was his cousin from his mother’s side (mātuleyaḥ). But you killed my friends. You desire to kill me. O fool (manda)! But there is another meaning. You desire to accept me, though I attack your friends. O intelligent one (amanda)! I will attain you by means of your Kaumadakī club, which shines like a diamond (vajra-kalpayā).
Dantavakra’s mother was Śrutadevī, sister of Vasudeva. Thus Kṛṣṇa was his cousin from his mother’s side (mātuleyaḥ). O Kṛsṇa, who took away the life of Śiśupāla, and black in color! The real meaning is O Kṛṣṇa, who appeared to display unlimited powers, who is directly bhagavān! I must pay my debt to my friends.
A relative who has secretly become a thunderbolt — that is how Dantavakra recasts the Lord, twisting blood-tie into accusation. He brandishes the family connection itself as the reason for violence, the way a wounded man uses his own bandage as a weapon.
Kṛṣṇa is maternal cousin to the Caidya-Karūṣa line through Śrutaśravā, Vasudeva's sister. The same family bond made Him cousin to Śiśupāla — whom He killed at the Rājasūya — and now to Dantavakra. The Bhāgavatam quietly insists that no relationship to Kṛṣṇa is finally non-liberating; sambandha-jñāna, even hostile, eventually delivers.
Dantavakra's complaint — 'You are our cousin but You killed our friends' — is structurally identical to Duryodhana's against the same Lord at Kurukṣetra. Both die at His hand. Both go home.
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