Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.89.40
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
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keśavaḥ
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Keśava (Kṛṣṇa)
From keśa (hair) + va — slayer of Keśin, or 'long-haired one.' The brāhmaṇa names Kṛṣṇa among those who failed. Gauḍīyas read the verse as the rhetorical ceiling — beyond this no further insult is possible, and only revelation can answer.
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paritrātum
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to fully protect
Infinitive of pari + √trai (to rescue). The strongest verb of rescue. The brāhmaṇa says: even Bhagavān could not paritrāṇa. The Bhāgavatam will show in verse 58 that Bhagavān withheld protection on purpose — for darśana.
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anyaḥ
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another
Pronoun — 'who else?' The brāhmaṇa's rhetorical question. The Bhāgavatam answers: no other; only Bhagavān, on His own initiative, at His own time, for His own reason.
"Who can protect he whom (yasya) Pradyumna, Aniruddha, Balarama or Krsna cannot protect?"
How can anyone else protect a person whom (yasya) Pradyumna and others cannot protect? Since the four are the Supreme Lord, and there is no other Supreme Lord, no one else can protect a person.
Balarāma is he who gives pleasure to the devotees by his prowess. Keśava is he who killed the great demon Keśī easily or is he who is directly the supreme Lord. The negative particle is repeated with each person to emphasize their inability to protect. Other than them, who is capable of protecting the child? He will be the protector here. Or what other protector of the child is there?
The brāhmaṇa's escalation: 'Not Pradyumna, not Aniruddha, not Rāma, not Keśava could save — who else can?' He names Keśava in the same breath, in Keśava's own city, with Keśava listening. The Bhāgavatam stages the maximum scandal so that the resolution can be maximally clear.
My note
Source: vedabase.io