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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.83.25-26

రాజన్యేషు నివృత్తేషు భగ్నమానేషు మానిషు । భగవాన్ ధనురాదాయ సజ్యం కృత్వాథ లీలయా ॥ ౨౫ ॥ తస్మిన్ సన్ధాయ విశిఖం మత్స్యం వీక్ష్య సకృజ్జలే । ఛిత్త్వేషుణాపాతయత్తం సూర్యే చాభిజితి స్థితే ॥ ౨౬ ॥
rājanyeṣu nivṛtteṣu
[raajanyeshu nivritteshu]
bhagna-māneṣu māniṣu
[bhagna-maaneshu maanishu]
bhagavān dhanur ādāya
[bhagavaan dhanur aadaaya]
sajyaṁ kṛtvātha līlayā
[sajyam kritvaatha leelayaa]
tasmin sandhāya viśikhaṁ
[tasmin sandhaaya vishikham]
matsyaṁ vīkṣya sakṛj jale
[matsyam veekshya sakrij jale]
chittveṣuṇāpātayat taṁ
[chittveshunaapaatayat tam]
sūrye cābhijiti sthite
[soorye chaabhijiti sthite]
Word-for-word
rājanyeṣu — when the kings nivṛtteṣu — had given up bhagna — defeated māneṣu — whose pride māniṣu — proud bhagavān — the Supreme Lord dhanuḥ — the bow ādāya — taking up sajyam kṛtvā — stringing it atha — then līlayā — as play tasmin — onto it sandhāya — fixing viśikham — the arrow matsyam — the fish vīkṣya — looking at sakṛt — only once jale — in the water chittvā — piercing iṣuṇā — with the arrow apātayat — He made fall tam — it sūrye — when the sun ca — and abhijite — in the constellation Abhijit sthite — situated .
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
rājanyeṣu nivṛtteṣu
rājanyeṣu
when the kings
nivṛtteṣu
had given up
bhagna-māneṣu māniṣu
bhagna
defeated
māneṣu
whose pride
māniṣu
proud
bhagavān dhanur ādāya
bhagavān
the Supreme Lord
dhanuḥ
the bow
ādāya
taking up
sajyaṁ kṛtvātha līlayā
sajyam kṛtvā
stringing it
atha
then
līlayā
as play
tasmin sandhāya viśikhaṁ
tasmin
onto it
sandhāya
fixing
viśikham
the arrow
matsyaṁ vīkṣya sakṛj jale
matsyam
the fish
vīkṣya
looking at
sakṛt
only once
jale
in the water
chittveṣuṇāpātayat taṁ
chittvā
piercing
sūrye cābhijiti sthite
iṣuṇā
with the arrow
apātayat
He made fall
tam
it
sūrye
when the sun
ca
and
abhijite
in the constellation Abhijit
sthite
situated .
Important Words
  • līlayā — as play
    Līlā in instrumental — 'by means of play'. The single word that names Gauḍīya doctrine: everything Bhagavān does is līlā, free play not labor. The kings strained and failed; Kṛṣṇa played and succeeded. Effort is not the door; līlā is.
  • sakṛt — only once
    Sakṛt — one time. Where Arjuna took careful aim and missed, Kṛṣṇa glances once and pierces. The Lord does not rehearse; one look is sufficient. Gauḍīya doctrine of the Lord's instantaneous all-seeing.
  • abhijite sthite — when (the sun) was in Abhijit
    Abhijit (literally 'all-conquering') — a nakṣatra particularly auspicious for victory. Gauḍīya jyotiṣa-commentary holds that Kṛṣṇa's act is staged in cosmic alignment with the very meaning of Abhijit: the Conqueror conquering in the Conqueror's hour.
  • bhagna - māneṣu māniṣu — when the proud (kings) had their pride broken
    Bhagna (broken) + māna (pride) + māni (proud). The pride must break before Bhagavān acts. Gauḍīya humility-doctrine: as long as the kṣatriya holds his māna, the bow cannot find him; Bhagavān picks up the bow only when every claimant has set his māna down.
  • chittvā iṣuṇā — piercing with the arrow
    Chittvā (having cut) + iṣu (arrow). The exact opposite of Arjuna's na acchinat. The single arrow that the strongest had failed to launch effectively becomes, in the Lord's hand, a finished act.
After all the arrogant kings had given up, their pride broken, the Supreme Personality of Godhead picked up the bow, easily strung it and then fixed His arrow upon it. As the sun stood in the constellation Abhijit, He looked at the fish in the water only once and then pierced it with the arrow, knocking it to the ground.
Purport

Each day the sun passes once through the lunar constellation Abhijit, marking the period most auspicious for victory. As pointed out by Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī, on this particular day the muhūrta of Abhijit coincided with high noon, further emphasizing Lord Kṛṣṇa’s greatness by making the target all the more difficult to see.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
After all the arrogant kings had given up, their pride broken, the Supreme Personality of Godhead picked up the bow, easily strung it and then fixed His arrow upon it. As the sun stood in the constellation Abhijit, He looked at the fish in the water only once and then pierced it with the arrow, knocking it to the ground.
Commentary

Krsna pierced the fish at noon (abhijite). In spite of the fact that the fish was difficult to detect because the sun was overhead, Krsna pierced it.

Jīva Gosvāmī Gauḍīya
Commentary

He looked at the fish playfully (vi—īkṣya). He pierced the fish at noon (abhijiti sthiti). With the sun high in the sky it was harder to aim.

Śrīdhara Svāmī Gauḍīya
Commentary

The proud kings (māniṣu) had their pride broken. The Lord, possessing all powers (bhagavān), quickly strung the bow. He looked at the fish playfully (vi—īkṣya). He pierced the fish at noon (abhijiti sthiti). With the sun high in the sky it was harder to aim.

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Analogy

When every confident suitor has been broken — and even Arjuna has merely grazed — Bhagavān picks up the bow as one picks up a child's toy, strings it līlayā, looks at the water just once, and pierces. The cosmic hour is precise: the sun in Abhijit, the constellation of invincible victory. The same Bhagavān who refused to be hurried on Yamunā's bank with Kālindī moves here in a single glance.

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