Srimad Bhagavatam — Dashama Skandha, Shloka 62

Kṛṣṇa Leads Kālayavana to Mucukunda; The Yavana Is Burned; Mucukunda’s Prayers and Boon of Bhakti

Devanagari script

क्षात्रधर्मस्थितो जन्तून् न्यवधीर्मृगयादिभि: । समाहितस्तत्तपसा जह्यघं मदुपाश्रित: ॥ ६२ ॥

Transliteration

kṣātra-dharma-sthito jantūn nyavadhīr mṛgayādibhiḥ samāhitas tat tapasā jahy aghaṁ mad-upāśritaḥ

Translation

Because you followed the principles of a kṣatriya, you killed living beings while hunting and performing other duties. You must vanquish the sins thus incurred by carefully executing penances while remaining surrendered to Me.

Synonyms

• क्षात्र-धर्म-स्थितः: situated in the kṣatriya duty
• क्षात्र-धर्म-स्थितः: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्षात्र (प्रातिपदिक) + धर्म (प्रातिपदिक) + स्थित (स्था धातु, क्त कृदन्त)
• Form: समासः—तत्पुरुष (षष्ठी/सप्तमी-समासभावः: ‘क्षात्रधर्मे स्थितः’), कृदन्तः—क्त ‘स्थित’; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• जन्तून्: living beings
• जन्तून्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन्तु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), बहुवचन (plural)

• न्यवधीः: you killed
• न्यवधीः: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि + वध् (धातु)
• Form: लुङ् (Aorist/अनद्यतनभूत), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपदम्

• मृगया-आदिभिः: by hunting and the like
• मृगया-आदिभिः: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मृगया (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः—तत्पुरुष (अव्ययीभाव-प्रायः न; ‘मृगया-आदि’ = hunting etc.), तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/करण), बहुवचन

• समाहितः: collected; composed
• समाहितः: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-आ-धा (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्तः—क्त (past passive participle) ‘समाहित’; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• तत्: that
• तत्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम-विशेषण, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया/प्रथमा एकवचन; अत्र ‘तत् तपसा’ इति—विशेषण (that)

• तपसा: by austerity
• तपसा: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन

• जहि: destroy
• जहि: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपदम्

• अघम्: sin
• अघम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अघ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

• मत्-उपाश्रितः: having taken refuge in me
• मत्-उपाश्रितः: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मत् (अस्मद्-प्रातिपदिक) + उपाश्रित (उप-आ-श्रि धातु, क्त कृदन्त)
• Form: समासः—तत्पुरुष (षष्ठी: ‘मम उपाश्रितः’), कृदन्तः—क्त ‘उपाश्रित’; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Characters & Entities

• Krishna

FAQs

How does the Srimad Bhagavatam say sins are removed?

This verse teaches that by taking shelter of Krishna (mad-upāśritaḥ) with a steady mind and engaging in sincere austerity connected to Him, one can destroy sinful reactions.

Why did Krishna speak about hunting and sin in Canto 10 Chapter 51?

In the deliverance of Mucukunda, Krishna points out the king’s past kṣatriya actions like hunting, then directs him toward purification through surrender and focused spiritual practice.

What is a practical modern application of this shloka?

Acknowledge harmful past actions without denial, then adopt disciplined spiritual habits—prayer, mantra, service, and ethical restraint—while consciously taking refuge in Krishna for inner reform.