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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.81.17

నివాసిత: ప్రియాజుష్టే పర్యఙ్కే భ్రాతరో యథా । మహిష్యా వీజిత: శ్రాన్తో బాలవ్యజనహస్తయా ॥ ౧౭ ॥
nivāsitaḥ priyā-juṣṭe
[nivaasitah priyaa-jushte]
paryaṅke bhrātaro yathā
[paryanke bhraataro yathaa]
mahiṣyā vījitaḥ śrānto
[mahishyaa veejitah shraanto]
bāla-vyajana-hastayā
[baala-vyajana-hastayaa]
nivāsitaḥ — seated priyā — by His beloved juṣṭe — used paryaṅke — on the bed bhrātaraḥ — brothers yathā — just as mahiṣyā — by His queen vījitaḥ — fanned śrāntaḥ — tired bāla — of (yak-tail) hair vyajana — a fan hastayā — in whose hand .
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
nivāsitaḥ priyā-juṣṭe
nivāsitaḥ
seated
priyā
by His beloved
juṣṭe
used
paryaṅke bhrātaro yathā
paryaṅke
on the bed
bhrātaraḥ
brothers
yathā
just as
mahiṣyā vījitaḥ śrānto
mahiṣyā
by His queen
vījitaḥ
fanned
śrāntaḥ
tired
bāla-vyajana-hastayā
bāla
of (yak-tail) hair
vyajana
a fan
hastayā
in whose hand .
  • priyā-juṣṭe paryaṅke — on the bed used by His beloved
    priyā (beloved) + juṣṭe (used, frequented) + paryaṅka (bed). The most intimate piece of furniture in Bhagavān's palace, and Sudāmā was seated there. The poet records the violation of every protocol of distance.
  • bhrātaraḥ yathā — just as (one of His) brothers
    bhrātṛ (brother) + yathā (as). Sudāmā was treated as a brother. In Vraja he had been treated as a sakhā at the ashram; in Dvārakā, the same Bhagavān upgrades nothing — Kṛṣṇa keeps the rasa.
  • mahiṣyā vījitaḥ — fanned by His queen
    mahiṣī (queen) + vījita (fanned). The queen of the world's wealthiest king personally fanned the brāhmaṇa in rags. The whole chapter's claim about brahmaṇyatā is condensed in this one detail.
  • śrāntaḥ — tired
    Past participle of √śram (to be tired). Sudāmā walked to Dvārakā on foot through forests; his body was actually tired. The Bhāgavatam never aestheticizes him into a yogi — he is a tired pedestrian whom Kṛṣṇa's queen attends to.
  • bāla-vyajana-hastayā — in whose hand was a yak-tail fan
    Compound: bāla (hair, here yak-tail) + vyajana (fan) + hasta (hand). The cāmara is one of the standard items in temple deity worship — and here it is in Rukmiṇī's hand, used on Sudāmā. The poet inverts the directionality of ritual.
He treated me just like one of His brothers, making me sit on the bed of His beloved consort. And because I was fatigued, His queen personally fanned me with a yak-tail cāmara.
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
He treated me just like one of His brothers, making me sit on the bed of His beloved consort. And because I was fatigued, His queen personally fanned me with a yak-tail cāmara.
Jīva Gosvāmī Gauḍīya
Commentary

Not only did he embrace me but he sat me on Rukmiṇī’s couch, on which she always sat with the Lord. Instead of śriyā sometimes priyā is seen. Moreover, he did this with great respect and affection, as if I were his younger brother like Gada. Moreover Rukmiṇī fanned me with a cāmara since I was tired from travelling so far. This shows their mercy to him.

Related values
Vairagya (Detachment / Dispassion)Discriminative WisdomAbhaya (Fearlessness)Seva (Service / Selfless Action)Saurya (Heroism / Bravery)Samata (Equanimity / Even-mindedness)Ahimsa (Non-violence / Compassion)
Related verses

A king's only brother arrives travel-worn, and the queen herself takes up the cāmara to fan him. Sudāmā's wonder is not at the throne-room but at this: Rukmiṇī fanned me. The queen's own hand became service to the brāhmaṇa's tiredness — because the king saw him as His own.

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