Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.89.22
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
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mṛtakam
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the corpse
From mṛta (dead). The brāhmaṇa carries the dead body itself — not a complaint in words but in flesh. Gauḍīyas read the act as the brāhmaṇa weaponizing dharma against the kṣatriya's negligence.
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rāja-dvāri
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at the king's door
Compound: rāja (king) + dvāra (gate). The locus of royal accountability. To leave a brāhmaṇa's corpse at this gate is to publish, on the king's threshold, the failure of his protection.
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vilapan
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lamenting
Present participle of vi + √lap (to wail). Public lamentation; the brāhmaṇa makes his grief audible because the kingdom must hear what its negligence has caused.
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dīna-mānasaḥ
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with a wretched mind
Compound: dīna (wretched) + mānasa (mind). The verse records the inner state, not just the act. Gauḍīyas note that the Lord is called dīna-bandhu — He is friend precisely to this dīna-mānasa state.
The brāhmaṇa, her husband, wailed in misery (provāca) at the gate of King Ugrasena’s palace. He lamented because he was overcome with grief (āturaḥ) and was thus feeling miserable in his heart (dīna-manasaḥ).
The brāhmaṇa, father of the child, took the dead child to the door of Ugrasena. It was suitable to blame the king, informing the king of his sorrow. He held the child closely or placed the child at the king’s door and spoke in a painful voice as if singing. He shouted pitifully. He lamented because of his grief (āturaḥ). Thus he was filled with sorrow (dīna-mānasaḥ). Or though he was noble minded (adīna-manasaḥ) he lamented.
A grieving father lays his son's corpse at the king's door — public testimony that the kingdom has failed at its first duty. In Vedic ethics the brāhmaṇa's lament is the loudest summons; the king's dharma stands or falls on his response.
My note
Source: vedabase.io