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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.89.65

హత్వా నృపానధర్మిష్ఠాన్ ఘాతయిత్వార్జునాదిభి: । అఞ్జసా వర్తయామాస ధర్మం ధర్మసుతాదిభి: ॥ ౬౫ ॥
hatvā nṛpān adharmiṣṭhān
[hatvaa nripaan adharmishthaan]
ghāṭayitvārjunādibhiḥ
[ghaatayitvaarjunaadibhih]
añjasā vartayām āsa
[anjasaa vartayaam aasa]
dharmaṁ dharma-sutādibhiḥ
[dharmam dharma-sutaadibhih]
hatvā — having killed nṛpān — kings adharmiṣṭhān — most irreligious ghātayitvā — having them killed arjuna - ādibhiḥ — by Arjuna and others añjasā — easily vartayām āsa — He caused to be carried out dharmam — the principles of religion dharma - suta - ādibhiḥ — by Yudhiṣṭhira (the son of Dharma) and others .
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
hatvā nṛpān adharmiṣṭhān
hatvā
having killed
nṛpān
kings
adharmiṣṭhān
most irreligious
ghāṭayitvārjunādibhiḥ
ghātayitvā
having them killed
arjuna - ādibhiḥ
by Arjuna and others
añjasā vartayām āsa
añjasā
easily
vartayām āsa
He caused to be carried out
dharmaṁ dharma-sutādibhiḥ
dharmam
the principles of religion
dharma - suta - ādibhiḥ
by Yudhiṣṭhira (the son of Dharma) and others .
  • hatvā-nṛpān-adharmiṣṭhān — having killed unrighteous kings
    Compound phrase: hatvā (having killed) + nṛpa (king) + adharma-iṣṭha (most unrighteous). Bhagavān personally removes the worst. Gauḍīyas note: He acts directly when no devotee-instrument is sufficient.
  • ghātayitvā-arjuna-ādibhiḥ — having had (others) killed by Arjuna and others
    Compound: ghātayitvā (causative gerund of √han) + arjuna-ādi (Arjuna et al.) + instrumental. He uses bhakta-instruments. The chapter has just shown why this is possible — pauruṣam puṁsām kṛṣṇa-anukampitam.
  • dharma-suta-ādibhiḥ — by the son of Dharma (Yudhiṣṭhira) and others
    Compound: dharma-suta (son of Dharma, i.e., Yudhiṣṭhira) + ādi (and so on). After the war, Bhagavān runs dharma through Yudhiṣṭhira's reign. Gauḍīyas read the closing verse as a quiet thesis: dharma operates through devotee-kings whom Bhagavān arranges.
  • vartayām-āsa-dharmam — He caused dharma to function
    Compound: vartayām āsa (causative perfect of √vṛt) + dharma. Bhagavān is the operator of dharma — He 'makes it turn.' The chapter ends with the verb of operation; the whole tattva-question of verse 1 is answered by this very verb.
Now that He had killed many wicked kings and engaged devotees such as Arjuna in killing others, the Lord could easily assure the execution of religious principles through the agency of such pious rulers as Yudhiṣṭhira.

Thus end the purports of the humble servants of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda to the Tenth Canto, Eighty-ninth Chapter, of the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, entitled “Kṛṣṇa and Arjuna Retrieve a Brāhmaṇa’s Sons.”

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Now that He had killed many wicked kings and engaged devotees such as Arjuna in killing others, the Lord could easily assure the execution of religious principles through the agency of such pious rulers as Yudhiṣṭhira.
Jīva Gosvāmī Gauḍīya
Commentary

Having directly killed and engaged Arjuna and others in killing, he established dharma, up to bhakti. Remembering how Kṛṣṇa made everyone happy, Śukadeva wept for a moment. This incident took place after the Pāṇḍavas came out of hiding, since Arjuna mentions that he had satisfied Śiva. After this event there were a long gap till the time when Abhimanyu was married and Parīkṣit was conceived. During that time it was possible for Arjuna to go to Dvārakā.

Śrīdhara Svāmī Gauḍīya
Commentary

He easily killed wicked kings or had them killed by Arjuna, Bhīma, Balarāma, Pradyumna and others. He easily established dharma endowed with four legs, or bhakti, throurgh Yudhiṣthira, Ugrasena and others. The goal of Kṛṣṇa appearing was just this: to give happiness to all people. Thus end the purports of the humble servants of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda to the Tenth Canto, Eighty-ninth Chapter, of the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, entitled "Kṛṣṇa and Arjuna Retrieve a Brāhmaṇa's Sons." 10.90: Summary of Lord Kṛṣṇa's Glories verses: Summary, 1-7, 8-9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33-34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50 Chapter Summary This chapter describes how Lord Kṛṣṇa enjoyed with His queens in the lakes of Dvārakā. It also relates the queens' ecstatic prayers in the mood of intense separation from Him, and summarizes the Lord's pastimes. Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa continued to reside in His opulent capital of Dvārakā, together with the Yadus and His queens. He would enjoy sporting with His wives in the ponds on the palace grounds, squirting water on them with a syringe and being squirted in turn. With His graceful gestures, loving words and sidelong glances, He would enchant their hearts. In this way the queens would become totally absorbed in thoughts of Him. Sometimes, after playing with the Lord in the water, they would address various creatures-kurarī and cakravāka birds, the ocean, the moon, a cloud, a cuckoo, a mountain, a river and so on-declaring their great attachment to Śrī Kṛṣṇa on the pretext of commiserating with these creatures. Lord Kṛṣṇa begot ten sons in the womb of each of His queens. Among these sons, Pradyumna was foremost, being equal to His father in all transcendental qualities. Pradyumna married Rukmī's daughter, and from her womb Aniruddha was born. Aniruddha then married Rukmī's granddaughter and begot Vajra, who was the only Yadu prince to survive the battle of iron clubs at Prabhāsa. From Vajra descended the remainder of the Yadu dynasty, beginning with Pratibāhu. The members of the Yadu dynasty are virtually innumerable; indeed, just to educate their children the Yadus employed 38,800,000 teachers. Before Lord Kṛṣṇa appeared, many demons took birth in human families to harass the people of the world and destroy brahminical culture. To subdue them, the Lord ordered the demigods to descend into the Yadu dynasty, which then expanded into 101 clans. All of the Yadus recognized Śrī Kṛṣṇa as the Supreme Personality of Godhead and had unflinching faith in Him. While resting, eating, walking and so on, which they often did in His company, they would forget their own bodies in their transcendental happiness. The Tenth Canto concludes with this promise of success for the sincere hearer: "By regularly hearing, chanting and meditating on the beautiful topics of Lord Mukunda with ever-increasing sincerity, a mortal being will attain the divine kingdom of the Lord, where the inviolable power of death holds no sway."

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Sthitaprajna (Steady Wisdom)Vairagya (Detachment / Dispassion)Discriminative WisdomShanti (Peace / Tranquility)Abhaya (Fearlessness)Seva (Service / Selfless Action)Samata (Equanimity / Even-mindedness)
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Kṛṣṇa killed many wicked kings personally and engaged devotees like Arjuna in killing others, then ran dharma through pious rulers like Yudhiṣṭhira. The chapter ends with the same Person we met at the start — only now the question 'who is greatest?' has been answered by deed across the whole canto. He is the One who arranges everything, including who acts on His behalf.

Yudhiṣṭhira's Rājasūya and the Mahābhārata frame

Mahābhārata records that after the war Yudhiṣṭhira reigned as dharmarāja — running the kingdom by Kṛṣṇa's standing counsel. Bhīṣma instructed him from his bed of arrows; Vidura advised at every juncture; the wheel of dharma turned by Kṛṣṇa's hidden hand.

The present verse names this exact pattern: Bhagavān 'caused dharma to be carried out by Yudhiṣṭhira and others.' Gauḍīyas read this as the long-form expression of nimitta-mātraṁ bhava (BG 11.33) — the same teaching the chapter just delivered to Arjuna in concentrated form.

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