Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.89.43-44
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
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udāyudhaḥ
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with weapons raised
Compound: ud (up) + āyudha (weapon). Arjuna does not search as a tourist; he searches as a warrior ready to fight Death himself for the children. The Bhāgavatam preserves the dignity of his effort.
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alabdha-dvija-sutaḥ
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having not obtained the brāhmaṇa's son
Compound: a-labdha (not obtained) + dvija (twice-born) + suta (son). The negative result is named carefully. Gauḍīyas note: the chapter does not euphemize Arjuna's failure; it labels it precisely.
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agnim-vivikṣuḥ
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about to enter fire
Compound: agni + vivikṣu (desiderative of √viś). Arjuna is one breath from agni-praveśa — keeping the pratijñā in the only way left to him. Kṛṣṇa intervenes precisely here.
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kṛṣṇena-pratyuktaḥ-pratiṣedhatā
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being addressed by Kṛṣṇa, who was forbidding him
Compound phrase: kṛṣṇa + prati + ukta (addressed) + pratiṣedha (prohibition). The verse spells out that Kṛṣṇa's words are a prohibition, not advice. Gauḍīyas note: when bhakta-pratijñā is about to fail catastrophically, Bhagavān stops the bhakta and replaces the means.
Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī comments that Arjuna trusted Lord Śiva implicitly as his guru, and so he did not bother to search out Lord Śiva’s celestial abode.
Arjuna went in all directions starting with yama loka in the south. He went north (saumya) to the moon planet) northwest, (vayavya), south east (agneya), south west (nairrtya), east (aindri), and west (varuni). He did not go to the northeast because that is the residence of Siva. He thought that Siva, his guru, could not have taken away the son of the brahmana. He was prevented (praty uktah) from entering fire by Krsna who forbade him from doing it (pratisedhata).
By his mystic powers he went to Yamarāja, but did not see the child. He then went north to Somapuri. He went to Varuṇapuri and Vāyavya puri. He first went to Dvārakā to ask Kṛṣṇa, who could see everything and all places. Then Kṛṣṇa said “I have not seen the child. You must search for him.” He then went to these places searching. He did not go in the north east direction of Śiva, since Śiva was his guru. It would be impossible for his guru to take the child. He even went to Brahmaloka, with weapons in his hands. Not having obtained the child for certain (hi), he wanted to enter fire. Kṛṣna spoke to him and made him give up the idea of dying.
By his mystic powers or because he knew everything easily he went to Yamarāja, but did not see the child. He then went north to Somapuri, the city of the moon, by-passing Varuṇapuri (in the west) and Vāyavyapur in the (north west) since he thought the child had been taken there by Soma, the founder of his dynasty, to test his prowess in the dynasty. He did not go in the north east direction of Śiva, since Śiva was dear to the devotees. It would be impossible for him to take the child. Or that place is included in the word dhiṣṇyāni anyāni (other places). Out of devotion to Śiva, Śiva’s city is not mentioned along with the other cities to avoid classifying him with ordinary lokapālas. He even went to Brahmaloka, with weapons in his hands. Being placed at the end “with weapons in hands” is applied to all the places he visited. Not obtinaing the son at these places, having certainly (hi) broken his promise, he wanted to enter fire, but was prevented by Kṛṣṇa, with skillful words.
Arjuna sweeps the universe — Indra's city, Agni's, Nirṛti's, Soma's, Vāyu's, Varuṇa's; from Rasātala to the dome of heaven. Every direction-deity's domain is searched. The sons are not anywhere on the standard cosmological map. Arjuna moves to enter fire — and Kṛṣṇa stops him. The Bhāgavatam's whole search-grid existed to be exhausted, so that Kṛṣṇa's intervention is the only remaining move.
My note
Source: vedabase.io