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Srimad Bhagavatam — Dashama Skandha, Shloka 25

Kṛṣṇa Enters Mathurā: City Splendor, Devotees’ Reception, and the Washerman’s Fate

Devanagari script

काश्‍चिद् विपर्यग्धृतवस्त्रभूषणा विस्मृत्य चैकं युगलेष्वथापरा: । कृतैकपत्रश्रवनैकनूपुरा नाङ्‌क्त्वा द्वितीयं त्वपराश्च लोचनम् ॥ २५ ॥

Transliteration

kāścid viparyag-dhṛta-vastra-bhūṣaṇā vismṛtya caikaṁ yugaleṣv athāparāḥ kṛtaika-patra-śravanaika-nūpurā nāṅktvā dvitīyaṁ tv aparāś ca locanam

Translation

Some ladies put on their clothes and ornaments backwards; others forgot one of their earrings or one of their ankle bells; and others, in their haste, adorned only one eye with makeup, leaving the other untouched.

Synonyms
काःचित्some (women)
काःचित्:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootकिम् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; अनिश्चित-सर्वनाम (some)
विपर्यक्-धृत-वस्त्र-भूषणाःwith garments and ornaments worn askew
विपर्यक्-धृत-वस्त्र-भूषणाः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootविपर्यक् (अव्यय/उपसर्गार्थ) + धृत (धृ धातु, क्त) + वस्त्र (प्रातिपदिक) + भूषण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formसमास-समूह (तत्पुरुष-प्रधान); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषण (काःचित्)
विस्मृत्यhaving forgotten
विस्मृत्य:
Pūrvakāla (पूर्वकाल)
TypeVerb
Rootवि-स्मृ (धातु) + ल्यप् (कृदन्त)
Formक्त्वान्त/ल्यपन्त अव्यय (gerund); ‘having forgotten’
चand
च:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय-अव्यय
एकम्one (of the pair)
एकम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootएक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (वस्त्र/भूषण-ग्रहणम्)
युगलेषुin the pairs
युगलेषु:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootयुगल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), बहुवचन
अथthen
अथ:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअथ (अव्यय)
Formअनन्तरार्थक-अव्यय (then/now)
अपराःothers
अपराः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootअपर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘others’
कृत-एक-पत्र-श्रवण-एक-नूपुराःhaving put on only one ear-ornament and only one anklet
कृत-एक-पत्र-श्रवण-एक-नूपुराः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootकृत (कृ धातु, क्त) + एक (प्रातिपदिक) + पत्र (प्रातिपदिक) + श्रवण (प्रातिपदिक) + एक (प्रातिपदिक) + नूपुर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formसमास-समूह (तत्पुरुष-प्रधान); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषण (अपराः)
नnot
न:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
Formनिषेध-अव्यय (negation)
अङ्क्त्वाhaving applied (kohl)
अङ्क्त्वा:
Pūrvakāla (पूर्वकाल)
TypeVerb
Rootअञ्ज् (धातु) + क्त्वा (कृदन्त)
Formक्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund); ‘having anointed/applied’ (negated by न)
द्वितीयम्the second
द्वितीयम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootद्वितीय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (लोचनम्)
तुbut
तु:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु (अव्यय)
Formविरोध/विशेषण-अव्यय (but/indeed)
अपराःothers
अपराः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootअपर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘others’
चand
च:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय-अव्यय
लोचनम्eye
लोचनम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootलोचन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन
Purport

The ladies were very eager to see Kṛṣṇa, and in their haste and excitement they forgot themselves.

Characters & Entities
K
Kṛṣṇa
W
Women of Mathurā (Mathurā-striyaḥ)

FAQs

This verse shows devotees becoming so absorbed in eagerness to see Kṛṣṇa that ordinary attention to dress and cosmetics is forgotten—an outward sign of intense devotion and attraction to Him.

Śukadeva describes their haste and absorption: they rushed out to see Kṛṣṇa immediately, so excitement overpowered social formality and careful dressing.

When spiritual priorities become central—seeking the Lord’s presence—lesser anxieties about appearance and perfection naturally diminish.

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