Devanagari
गदामुद्यम्य कारूषो मुकुन्दं प्राह दुर्मद: ।
दिष्ट्या दिष्ट्या भवानद्य मम दृष्टिपथं गत: ॥ ४ ॥
Verse text
gadām udyamya kārūṣo
mukundaṁ prāha durmadaḥ
diṣṭyā diṣṭyā bhavān adya
mama dṛṣṭi-pathaṁ gataḥ
Synonyms
gadām
—
his club
;
udyamya
—
wielding
;
kārūṣaḥ
—
the King of Karūṣa (Dantavakra)
;
mukundam
—
to Lord Kṛṣṇa
;
prāha
—
said
;
durmadaḥ
—
intoxicated by foolish pride
;
diṣṭyā
—
by good fortune
;
diṣṭyā
—
by good fortune
;
bhavān
—
You
;
adya
—
today
;
mama
—
my
;
dṛṣṭi
—
of the sight
;
patham
—
into the path
;
gataḥ
—
come .
Translation
Raising his club, the reckless King of Karūṣa said to Lord Mukunda, “What luck! What luck — to have You come before me today!
Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
Raising his club, the reckless King of Karūṣa said to Lord Mukunda, "What luck! What luck—to have You come before me today!
KB 10.78.4
At that time, Dantavakra, who was the King of Karūṣa, stood firmly with his club and spoke to Lord Kṛṣṇa as follows: “It is a great pleasure and fortunate opportunity, Kṛṣṇa, that we are seeing each other face to face.
Purport
Śrīla Śrīdhara Svāmī explains that after having waited for three lifetimes, Dantavakra, formerly a gatekeeper in Vaikuṇṭha, could now return to the spiritual world. Therefore the transcendental meaning of his statement is: “How fortunate! How fortunate I am that today I can return to my constitutional position in the spiritual world!”
In the next verse, Dantavakra will refer to Kṛṣṇa as
mātuleya,
a maternal cousin. Dantavakra’s mother, Śrutaśravā, was the sister of Kṛṣṇa’s father, Vasudeva.
Purport (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
Dantavakra born in Karusa (karsuah) raised his club. The hidden meaning of the verse is as follows: He, his arrogance gone (duramah), spoke to Mukunda (giver of liberation), who would give him liberation in his third birth. "Now (adya) in this third birth due to the curse of a brahmana, I am seeing my master who gives liberation. This is very very auspicious (distya)." Distya is repeated twice in jubilation.
Purport (Jiva Goswami)
Dantavakra was born in Karūṣa province (kārūṣaḥ).
Purport (Sanatana Goswami)
Dantavakra was born in Karūṣa province (kārūṣaḥ). He spoke with pride (pra āha) even to the Lord, because he was evil (durmadaḥ).