Shloka 46

The Killing of Cāṇūra, Muṣṭika, and Kaṁsa; Liberation and Restoration of Dharma in Mathurā

Devanagari script

त्वया विरहिता पत्या पुरीयं पुरुषर्षभ । न शोभते वयमिव निवृत्तोत्सवमङ्गला ॥ ४६ ॥

Transliteration

tvayā virahitā patyā purīyaṁ puruṣarṣabha na śobhate vayam iva nivṛttotsava-maṅgalā

Translation

O great hero among men, bereft of you, its master, this city has lost its beauty, just as we have, and all festivity and good fortune within it have come to an end.

Synonyms

• tvayā: by you / from you
• tvayā: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pronoun; Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular

• virahitā: separated (from you)
• virahitā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: virahita (कृदन्त; vi-√rah/रह् ‘to be separated’)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; past passive participle (क्त) agreeing with purī

• patyā: by (her) husband
• patyā: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular

• purī: the city
• purī: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: purī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular

• iyam: this
• iyam: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pronoun; Feminine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular

• puruṣa-ṛṣabha: O best of men!
• puruṣa-ṛṣabha: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: puruṣa (प्रातिपदिक) + ṛṣabha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Vocative (8th/सम्बोधन), Singular; तत्पुरुषः ‘bull among men’

• na: not
• na: Pratiṣedha (प्रतिषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: Negation particle (निषेध)

• śobhate: shines/looks beautiful
• śobhate: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √śubh/शुभ् (धातु; ‘to shine/appear beautiful’)
• Form: Present (लट्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular; Ātmanepada

• vayam: we
• vayam: Upamāna (उपमान; in simile)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pronoun; Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural

• iva: like, as if
• iva: Upamādyotaka (उपमाद्योतक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iva (अव्यय)
• Form: Simile particle (उपमा-निपात)

• nivṛtta-utsava-maṅgalā: with festivities and auspiciousness ended
• nivṛtta-utsava-maṅgalā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nivṛtta (कृदन्त; ni-√vṛt/वृत् ‘to cease’) + utsava (प्रातिपदिक) + maṅgala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; तत्पुरुषः ‘whose festivals and auspicious rites have ceased’ (used as predicate adjective of purī)

Characters & Entities

• Kṛṣṇa

FAQs

What does the Srimad Bhagavatam say about viraha (devotion in separation)?

This verse shows that separation from the Lord removes joy and auspiciousness—true devotion experiences the world as incomplete without Kṛṣṇa’s presence.

Why did the women of Mathurā say this to Kṛṣṇa?

Overwhelmed by love and gratitude after Kṛṣṇa’s heroic deeds, they express that Mathurā’s beauty and festivity depend on Him; without Him, everything feels empty.

Practical application of viraha-bhakti in modern life?

When feeling spiritually “distant,” increase remembrance—hearing, chanting, and serving—so the sense of separation becomes motivation for deeper bhakti rather than despair.