Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.88.38-39
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
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muktam giriśam
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Lord Śiva, now freed
Contiguous (muktam + giriśam). Mukta = released, liberated. Mahādeva himself is mukta — freed of saṅkaṭa by Bhagavān's speech-surgery. The chapter's structural inversion: the giver-of-mukti receives mukti.
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puruṣa-uttamaḥ
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the Supreme Person
Contiguous (puruṣa + uttamaḥ). The Bhāgavatam withholds this title — uttama-puruṣa, the very title BG 15.18 reserves for Kṛṣṇa — until exactly this point in the chapter, the moment when Hari has been demonstrated as the only true rescuer.
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svena pāpmanā hataḥ
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killed by his own sins
Contiguous-join (svena + pāpmanā + hataḥ). The chapter's doctrinal punchline: Hari did not kill Vṛka — Vṛka's own pāpman did. Gauḍīya reading: Bhagavān arranges the conditions under which a soul's own choices reveal themselves.
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mahatsu
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toward the great souls
Locative plural of mahat. Mahat-aparādha — sin against great souls — is the category Hari is naming. Gauḍīyas regard this as the spiritual category most likely to undo a sādhaka: vaiṣṇava-aparādha cancels even sound chanting.
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viśva-īśe
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against the Lord of the universe
Contiguous (viśva + īśe). Viśva-īśa = lord-of-all. The address could mean either Lord. Gauḍīya reading: Kṛṣṇa names Mahādeva as viśveśa — generous, exact title-recognition — even while teaching him whose offense brought him to Vaikuṇṭha's gate.
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kṛta-āgaskaḥ
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having committed offense
Kṛta (done) + āgas (transgression). The verse names jagad-guror-aparādha as the gravest sin — and Mahādeva himself is named jagad-guru in the very next breath. Gauḍīyas read: Hari is honoring Śiva publicly even as He saves him.
According to Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī, this statement of Lord Viṣṇu’s implies a mild scolding: “My dear possessor of unlimited vision, O you of clear intelligence, benedictions should not be given to wicked demons in this way. You could have been killed! But you were only concerned about saving this poor soul, so you disregarded what would happen to you as a result.” Thus, Ācārya Viśvanātha Cakravartī points out, Lord Nārāyaṇa’s mild rebuke also highlighted Lord Śiva’s exceptional compassion.
"O Siva, you do not have foresight! You have innocent intelligence! Benedictions should be given to evil minded persons. You do not consider that by those benedictions you will die. I have saved you, but what will happen on other days?" In this way, he zealously scolded Siva. This shows the extraordinary greatness of the Lord.
The Lord went out of Vaikuṇṭha to meet Śiva. He spoke to Śiva in this way was because he was Bhagavān. He has qualities like humility more than all other men (puruṣottamaḥ). It is astonishing (aho)! O Śiva, worshipped by the universe (deva) since you are the greatest of all (mahā-deva)! He was actually not killed by his sins, but by the Lord. O Śiva you are capable of killing him (īśa)! But you did not kill him since he had worshipped you. Kilbiṣaḥ means offense.
None The Lord went out of Vaikuṇṭha to meet Śiva. He spoke to Śiva in this way because he was Bhagavān. He has qualities like humility more than all other men (puruṣottamaḥ). It is astonishing (aho)! O Śiva, worshipped by the universe (deva) since you are the greatest of all (mahā-deva)! He was actually not killed by his sins, but by the Lord. O Śiva you are capable of killing him (īśa)! You did not kill him since he had worshipped you. Kilbiṣaḥ means offense.
After the rescue, the elder brother turns to the younger and says: 'See how this happened. The man who insults the great is undone by his own hands; the man who insults the very lord-of-all is finished long before he raises them.' Kṛṣṇa, having walked out in the brahmacārī's disguise, now teaches Mahādeva the doctrine through the corpse at their feet.
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