Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.80.35-36
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
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naḥ
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of us
Genitive dual / plural pronoun. Kṛṣṇa says 'us' — He places Himself inside the suffering, not above it. Gauḍīyas note: the Lord identifies with His friend's labor, even in retrospect, as 'ours.'
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gurau
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with our spiritual master
Locative of guru — 'in / with the guru.' Recurs across the chapter as a refrain. Gauḍīyas mark the locative as theological: dwelling in the guru is dwelling in Bhagavān (per v.32-34).
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guru - dāraiḥ
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by the wife of our guru
Compound: guru + dāra (wife). Even the guru's wife's order had authority. Gauḍīyas: in śāstra, guru-patnī is the disciple's mother. Sudāmā and Kṛṣṇa obeyed her without distinction.
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indhana
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firewood
Mundane labor. The Lord and the brāhmaṇa are doing the same physical work — gathering wood. Gauḍīyas: there is no spiritual hierarchy in service. Both fetched logs.
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mahā - araṇyam
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the large forest
Compound: mahā (great) + araṇya (forest). The araṇya — wilderness — is a classical Bhāgavata setting (cf. Bharata, the gopas). Sudāmā's discipleship is forged in araṇya-conditions.
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apa - ṛtau
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unseasonal
Compound: apa- (off, against) + ṛtu (season). The storm came out of season — the kind of trial that cannot be planned for. Gauḍīyas: guru-sevā encounters apa-ṛtu storms; that is its nature.
Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī explains that this storm arose during winter and was therefore unseasonal.
Do you remember the incident that happened while we were living in the gurukula (nivasatam)? Out of season (aparttau), during the cold season after the monsoon, great wind and rain occurred with rumbling thunder.
Having glorified service to guru, Kṛṣṇa now shows how to serve him in order to teach the people. The example shows that by suffering together the two established firm friendship. The dual number was used previously. Now the plural nau is used to indicate Balarāma, Kṛṣṇa, and Sudāmā. He is indicated as being one of them, out of affection. Gurau means “in the house of the guru.” Kṛṣṇa addresses Sudāmā as brāhmaṇa frequently to destroy his shyness and fear. Calling out to him, making the friendship firm, he makes him raise his head in order to see Kṛṣṇa and thus give him joy. When we had entered the forest, an unseasonal storm, belonging to the cold season, occurred. It was painful (tīvram). O brāhmaṇa! He calls out to Sudāmā on remembering the past events, or with amusement. The thunder was piercing, making loud noises. There was also lightning.
Two boys sent for firewood in a forest, caught by sudden storm and night — Kṛṣṇa is reminding Sudāmā of their shared suffering for the guru. The wind, the rain, the dark are the actual texture of the discipleship the next verses will praise. Sevā is not a metaphor; it is wet wood and lost paths.
My note
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