Srimad Bhagavatam — Dashama Skandha, Shloka 46
Akrūra’s Mission: The Departure from Vraja and the Yamunā Vision of Viṣṇu-Ananta
तस्योत्सङ्गे घनश्यामं पीतकौशेयवाससम् । पुरुषं चतुर्भुजं शान्तं पद्मपत्रारुणेक्षणम् ॥ ४६ ॥ चारुप्रसन्नवदनं चारुहासनिरीक्षणम् । सुभ्रून्नसं चारुकर्णं सुकपोलारुणाधरम् ॥ ४७ ॥ प्रलम्बपीवरभुजं तुङ्गांसोर:स्थलश्रियम् । कम्बुकण्ठं निम्ननाभिं वलिमत्पल्लवोदरम् ॥ ४८ ॥
tasyotsaṅge ghana-śyāmaṁ pīta-kauśeya-vāsasam puruṣaṁ catur-bhujaṁ śāntam padma-patrāruṇekṣaṇam
Akrūra then saw the Supreme Personality of Godhead lying peacefully on the lap of Lord Ananta Śeṣa. The complexion of that Supreme Person was like a dark-blue cloud. He wore yellow garments and had four arms and reddish lotus-petal eyes. His face looked attractive and cheerful with its smiling, endearing glance and lovely eyebrows, its raised nose and finely formed ears, and its beautiful cheeks and reddish lips. The Lord’s broad shoulders and expansive chest were beautiful, and His arms long and stout. His neck resembled a conchshell, His navel was deep, and His abdomen bore lines like those on a banyan leaf.
FAQs
In this verse, Akrūra beholds the Supreme Person as four-armed, peaceful, cloud-dark and dressed in yellow silk—showing that the same Lord behind Krishna’s humanlike pastimes can reveal His Nārāyaṇa form to a devotee.
Because of Akrūra’s devotion and the Lord’s independent will, the Lord granted him direct darśana, revealing His supreme identity even while Krishna’s Vraja pastimes were unfolding.
By cultivating steady bhakti—hearing, chanting, and remembering—the heart becomes receptive to the Lord’s presence, and one learns to recognize the divine reality behind ordinary appearances.