Shloka 33

Brahmā’s Prayers to Lord Kṛṣṇa (Brahmā-stuti) and the Restoration of Vraja’s Lunch Pastime

Devanagari script

एषां तु भाग्यमहिमाच्युत तावदास्ता- मेकादशैव हि वयं बत भूरिभागा: । एतद्‌धृषीकचषकैरसकृत् पिबाम: शर्वादयोऽङ्‌घ्य्रुदजमध्वमृतासवं ते ॥ ३३ ॥

Transliteration

eṣāṁ tu bhāgya-mahimācyuta tāvad āstām ekādaśaiva hi vayaṁ bata bhūri-bhāgāḥ etad-dhṛṣīka-caṣakair asakṛt pibāmaḥ śarvādayo ’ṅghry-udaja-madhv-amṛtāsavaṁ te

Translation

O Acyuta, the glory of the Vṛndāvana residents’ good fortune is inconceivable—let that be. Yet we too, the eleven presiding deities of the senses headed by Śiva, are greatly fortunate, for through the senses of these Vraja devotees, as through cups, we repeatedly drink the nectarean, intoxicating wine—the honey flowing from Your lotus feet.

Synonyms

• eṣām: of these (people)
• eṣām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (एतद् प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural (बहुवचन); pronoun

• tu: but/indeed
• tu: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle (निपात), contrast/emphasis

• bhāgya-mahimā: the glory of (their) fortune
• bhāgya-mahimā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhāgya (भाग्य प्रातिपदिक) + mahimā (महिमा प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); tatpuruṣa: 'the greatness of fortune'

• acyuta: O Acyuta
• acyuta: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: acyuta (अच्युत प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Vocative (8th/सम्बोधन), Singular (एकवचन)

• tāvat: so much (for now)
• tāvat: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tāvat (अव्यय)
• Form: Adverb (क्रियाविशेषण) meaning 'so much/for now'

• āstām: let it remain
• āstām: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ās (आस् धातु)
• Form: Loṭ-lakāra (लोट्/imperative), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Dual (द्विवचन); parasmaipada; idiomatically 'let it be/let it remain'

• ekādaśa: eleven
• ekādaśa: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ekādaśa (एकादश प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन) understood; dvigu numeral compound used as numeral adjective for 'we' (Rudras)

• eva: indeed/only
• eva: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: Emphatic particle (अवधारण-निपात)

• hi: for/indeed
• hi: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle (निपात) giving reason/emphasis

• vayam: we
• vayam: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (अस्मद् प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); pronoun

• bata: alas!/indeed!
• bata: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: bata (अव्यय)
• Form: Exclamatory particle (विस्मय/खेद-निपात)

• bhūri-bhāgāḥ: greatly fortunate (ones)
• bhūri-bhāgāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhūri (प्रातिपदिक) + bhāga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); 'greatly fortunate' (as substantive)

• etat: this
• etat: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (एतद् प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• dhṛṣīka-caṣakaiḥ: with the cups of the senses
• dhṛṣīka-caṣakaiḥ: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dhṛṣīka (धृषीक प्रातिपदिक) + caṣaka (चषक प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Plural (बहुवचन); tatpuruṣa: 'cups of the senses' i.e., sense-organs as vessels

• asakṛt: repeatedly
• asakṛt: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: asakṛt (अव्यय)
• Form: Adverb (क्रियाविशेषण) meaning 'again and again'

• pibāmaḥ: we drink
• pibāmaḥ: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pā (पा धातु)
• Form: Laṭ-lakāra (लट्/present), 1st person (उत्तमपुरुष), Plural (बहुवचन); parasmaipada

• śarva-ādayaḥ: Śarva and others
• śarva-ādayaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śarva (शर्व प्रातिपदिक) + ādi (आदि प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); tatpuruṣa: 'Śarva and others'

• aṅghri-udaja-madhu-amṛta-āsavam: the intoxicating nectar-honey of the water from your feet
• aṅghri-udaja-madhu-amṛta-āsavam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aṅghri (अङ्घ्रि प्रातिपदिक) + udaja (उदज प्रातिपदिक) + madhu (मधु प्रातिपदिक) + amṛta (अमृत प्रातिपदिक) + āsava (आसव प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); multi-tatpuruṣa: 'the honey-nectar-wine of the water born from (your) feet' (i.e., foot-wash water/tears etc.)

• te: your
• te: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (युष्मद् प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular (एकवचन); pronoun

Characters & Entities

• Kṛṣṇa (Acyuta)
• Brahmā
• Śiva (Śarva)

FAQs

What does Srimad Bhagavatam 10.14.33 say about the fortune of Krishna’s devotees?

It declares that the devotees’ good fortune is beyond measure, because even the greatest beings repeatedly seek the nectar of Kṛṣṇa’s lotus feet.

Why does Brahmā mention ‘we are only eleven’ in this verse?

Brahmā refers to himself and the principal devas (often counted as eleven Rudras/leading divine controllers), admitting that even their exalted status is insignificant compared to the devotees’ intimate blessing of Kṛṣṇa’s mercy.

How can a modern reader apply the teaching of ‘drinking the nectar of the Lord’s feet’?

By repeatedly engaging the senses in devotion—hearing Kṛṣṇa’s names and līlās, chanting, and serving—one ‘tastes’ His mercy and gradually becomes detached from lower pleasures.