Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.82.18
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
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ārya
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O respectable one
Vocative of ārya — noble, elder. Kuntī addresses Vasudeva with full respect even while complaining. Gauḍīyas note: bhakti-shaped grievance is never disrespect; the form holds while the heart speaks.
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akṛta-āśiṣam
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whose desires were unfulfilled
Compound: a (not) + kṛta (made, fulfilled) + āśiṣam (blessings, accusative). Her āśīrvāda from family relations never landed. The honest naming of unfulfillment is itself a Vaiṣṇava virtue — Bhagavān prefers a transparent heart to a pretending one.
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sat-tamāḥ
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most saintly
Compound: sat (true, real, holy) + tamāḥ (superlative). Even while complaining, Kuntī affirms her brothers' sainthood. Gauḍīya bhakti holds two truths at once: 'you wronged me' and 'you are holy' — without collapsing either.
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āpatsu
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in times of danger
Locative plural of āpad — calamity. Kuntī's life was āpat-bahula. This same word becomes the keyword of her prayer in SB 1.8 — vipadaḥ santu — where she asks for more such calamities because they bring kṛṣṇa-smaraṇa.
Here Queen Kuntī addresses her brother Vasudeva.
"I think myself devoid of pious acts, since you, though so proper in conduct, did not remember me when I was in difficulty. It was my bad fortune. It was not your fault."
She addresses Vasudeva since he is superior to others. O elder (ārya)! Since he is elder he should have protected her. She addresses him as brother to produce affection in him. Or ārya-bhrātar can be taken together. O elder brother! I am unfortunate since you did not remember me during my calamities though you are most respectable. Because of being respectable, he should have been affectionate to friends in a suffering condition.
A child kept indoors too long while siblings play outside does not seek explanation, only the truth: 'You forgot me.' Kuntī's complaint to Vasudeva is not bitterness — it is the bhakta's right to speak her grief plainly to those she loves.
My note
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