Shloka 28

Devanagari script

गोप्योऽस्य नित्यमुदितहसितप्रेक्षणं मुखम् । पश्यन्त्यो विविधांस्तापांस्तरन्ति स्माश्रमं मुदा ॥ २८ ॥

Transliteration

gopyo ’sya nitya-mudita- hasita-prekṣaṇaṁ mukham paśyantyo vividhāṁs tāpāṁs taranti smāśramaṁ mudā

Translation

The gopīs, beholding His face—ever cheerful, with smiling glances—crossed beyond all distress and, in joy, forgot their weariness.

Synonyms

• gopyaḥ: the cowherd women
• gopyaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gopī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Plural

• asya: of him
• asya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Sarvanāma, Masculine/Neuter, Genitive (षष्ठी/6), Singular

• nitya-mudita-hasita-prekṣaṇam: with ever-joyful smiling glances
• nitya-mudita-hasita-prekṣaṇam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nitya (प्रातिपदिक) + mudita (कृदन्त) + hasita (कृदन्त) + prekṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Multi-member tatpuruṣa (descriptive) qualifying mukham; Neuter, Accusative (द्वितीया/2), Singular

• mukham: face
• mukham: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mukha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative (द्वितीया/2), Singular

• paśyantyaḥ: seeing
• paśyantyaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dṛś (धातु) + paśyantī (कृदन्त)
• Form: Present active participle (शतृ), Feminine, Nominative Plural; from √dṛś (दृश्) ‘to see’

• vividhān: various
• vividhān: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vividha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative (द्वितीया/2), Plural; qualifying tāpān

• tāpān: distresses / sufferings
• tāpān: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative (द्वितीया/2), Plural

• taranti: they overcome
• taranti: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: tṛ (धातु)
• Form: Present (लट्), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Plural (बहुवचन); from √tṛ (तृ) ‘to cross/overcome’

• sma: indeed / used to
• sma: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sma (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle (निपात), past-habitual/continuative with present (स्म-प्रयोग)

• āśramam: hardship / toil
• āśramam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: āśrama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative (द्वितीया/2), Singular; object of taranti in sense ‘cross beyond’

• mudā: with joy
• mudā: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mudā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental (तृतीया/3), Singular; adverbial instrument (‘with joy’)

Characters & Entities

• Gopīs
• Śrī Kṛṣṇa

FAQs

What does the Srimad Bhagavatam say about how remembering Krishna removes suffering?

This verse says the gopīs overcame many kinds of distress simply by gazing upon Kṛṣṇa’s ever-smiling, lovingly glancing face—showing that absorption in Him naturally carries the devotee beyond pain.

Why are the gopīs described while the story is in Mathurā (Kaṁsa’s episode)?

Śukadeva highlights that even when Kṛṣṇa is in Mathurā, His Vraja devotees remain completely absorbed in Him; their love is so strong that remembrance of His face becomes their relief and sustenance.

Practical application: how can this teaching be used in modern life?

Cultivate steady remembrance of Kṛṣṇa—through darśana, japa, kīrtana, and reading His līlās—so the mind repeatedly returns to Him; this bhakti-centered focus helps one cross over anxiety, grief, and fatigue.