Shloka 2

Aditi’s Lament and Kaśyapa’s Instruction of the Payo-vrata (Milk Vow) to Please Keśava

Devanagari script

एकदा कश्यपस्तस्या आश्रमं भगवानगात् । निरुत्सवं निरानन्दं समाधेर्विरतश्चिरात् ॥ २ ॥

Transliteration

ekadā kaśyapas tasyā āśramaṁ bhagavān agāt nirutsavaṁ nirānandaṁ samādher virataś cirāt

Translation

Nach sehr vielen Tagen trat der mächtige Weise Kaśyapa Muni aus seiner Samādhi-Versenkung hervor und kehrte eines Tages in den Āśrama zurück; er sah ihn ohne Jubel und ohne Festlichkeit.

Synonyms

• एकदा: once
• एकदा: कालाधिकरण (Temporal)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एकदा (अव्यय)
• Form: काल-वाचक अव्यय (temporal adverb): 'once'

• कश्यपः: Kaśyapa
• कश्यपः: कर्ता (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कश्यप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन; proper noun

• तस्याः: of her
• तस्याः: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; 'of her' (Aditi)

• आश्रमम्: hermitage
• आश्रमम्: कर्म (Goal as object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आश्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; 'hermitage'

• भगवान्: the venerable sage
• भगवान्: कर्ता (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन; 'the venerable one' (epithet of Kaśyapa)

• अगात्: came
• अगात्: क्रिया (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लुङ् (Aorist/अद्यतनभूत), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; 'went, came'

• निरुत्सवम्: without celebration
• निरुत्सवम्: कर्म-विशेषण (Object-qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निर् + उत्सव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; 'without festivity' (qualifies 'आश्रमम्')

• निरानन्दम्: without joy
• निरानन्दम्: कर्म-विशेषण (Object-qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निर् + आनन्द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; 'without joy' (qualifies 'आश्रमम्')

• समाधेः: from meditation (samādhi)
• समाधेः: अपादान (Ablatival sense via genitive/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: समाधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; 'from samādhi'

• विरतः: having ceased
• विरतः: कर्ता-विशेषण (Subject-qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि + रम् (धातु) → विरत (क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; 'having desisted/ceased' (qualifies Kaśyapa)

• चिरात्: after a long time
• चिरात्: कालाधिकरण (Temporal)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: चिर (प्रातिपदिक) + आत् (तद्धित/अव्यय)
• Form: काल-वाचक अव्यय (adverb): 'after a long time'

Characters & Entities

• Kaśyapa
• Aditi

FAQs

What does Srimad Bhagavatam 8.16.2 describe about Kaśyapa’s return?

It describes sage Kaśyapa coming back to Aditi’s hermitage after a long period of samādhi and noticing that the āśrama had become joyless and without celebration.

Why was Aditi’s āśrama described as without joy in Canto 8 Chapter 16?

Because Aditi was distressed by the loss and oppression faced by the devas, and her inner sorrow reflected outwardly in the atmosphere of the hermitage.

Practical application: what can devotees learn from this verse about spiritual life at home?

Spiritual practice should not become escapism; genuine dharma includes noticing suffering and addressing it with devotion, prayer, and purposeful vows rather than remaining indifferent.