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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.84.34

అథోచుర్మునయో రాజన్నాభాష్యానకదున్దుభిమ్ । సర్వేషాం శ‍ృణ్వతాం రాజ్ఞాం తథైవాచ్యుతరామయో: ॥ ౩౪ ॥
athocur munayo rājann
[athochur munayo raajann]
ābhāṣyānalsadundabhim
[aabhaashyaanalsadundabhim]
sarveṣāṁ śṛṇvatāṁ rājñāṁ
[sarveshaam shrinvataam raajnaam]
tathaivācyuta-rāmayoḥ
[tathaivaachyuta-raamayoh]
atha — then ūcuḥ — said munayaḥ — the sages rājan — O King (Parīkṣit) ābhāṣya — speaking ānaka - dundubhim — to Vasudeva sarveṣām — all śṛṇvatām — as they listened rājñām — the kings tathā eva — also acyuta - rāmayoḥ — Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma .
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
athocur munayo rājann
atha
then
ūcuḥ
said
munayaḥ
the sages
rājan
O King (Parīkṣit)
ābhāṣyānalsadundabhim
ābhāṣya
speaking
ānaka - dundubhim
to Vasudeva
sarveṣām
all
sarveṣāṁ śṛṇvatāṁ rājñāṁ
śṛṇvatām
as they listened
rājñām
the kings
tathaivācyuta-rāmayoḥ
tathā eva
also
acyuta - rāmayoḥ
Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma .
  • ānaka-dundubhim — Vasudeva (named for the drums that sounded at his birth)
    ānaka (drum) + dundubhi (kettledrum). The devas sounded drums at his birth, foreknowing that Bhagavān would take him as father. Gauḍīyas treat the epithet as the name's theological resume — Vasudeva's worthiness pre-announced by Svarga.
  • śṛṇvatām — as they listened
    Genitive present participle of √śru. Everyone is listening — the kings, Kṛṣṇa, Balarāma. Gauḍīyas note that the verse takes care to record the audience: the sages' instruction is meant to ripen in many hearts, not just Vasudeva's.
  • acyuta-rāmayoḥ — of Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma
    Dual genitive. Bhagavān and His first expansion listening to brāhmaṇas instruct on dharma. Gauḍīyas read this as the model of the highest hearers: even Acyuta hears.
  • ābhāṣya — speaking to
    ā + √bhāṣ (to speak). The technical gerund for direct address. The sages do not lecture the field; they speak to Vasudeva, with the field listening.
[Śukadeva Gosvāmī continued:] The sages then spoke again, O King, addressing Vasudeva while all the kings, along with Lord Acyuta and Lord Rāma, listened.
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
[Śukadeva Gosvāmī continued:] The sages then spoke again, O King, addressing Vasudeva while all the kings, along with Lord Acyuta and Lord Rāma, listened.
Commentary

While the kings, Krsna and Balarama listened the sages spoke to Vasudeva. Genitive case is used instead of locative case here.

Jīva Gosvāmī Gauḍīya
Commentary

After this, understanding the intentions of Vasudeva and Nārada, to harmonize their intentions, the sages spoke. In verse 41 they resolve Nārada’s statements. They addressed Vasudeva saying, “O crest jewel of success! O most worthy of worship!” The genitive case (sarveṣāṁ śṛṇvatāṁ rājṣāṁ ) is used to express the locative case, since they spoke to instruct the kings. Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma listened, since they were present, to approve their words.

Śrīdhara Svāmī Gauḍīya
Commentary

After hearing the glories of Vasudeva, the sages spoke. O king! Śukadeva speaks in bliss because of the glories of Vasudeva. Or he speaks on seeing the beauty of Parīkṣit, who is transformed with prema on hearing about Vasudeva. They spoke while all the kings listened. The instructions were for them. Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma also listened in order to affirm the meaning of the sages’ words.

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After the diagnostic, the prescription. The sages, having heard Vasudeva's question, turn back to him as physicians turning from a corridor consultation to the patient's bedside — Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma in the room, the kings as witnesses, the conversation about to become directly therapeutic.

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