Shloka 33

Kṛṣṇa Visits Trivakrā; Akrūra’s Praise and the Hastināpura Mission

Devanagari script

पितर्युपरते बाला: सह मात्रा सुदु:खिता: । आनीता: स्वपुरं राज्ञा वसन्त इति शुश्रुम ॥ ३३ ॥

Transliteration

pitary uparate bālāḥ saha mātrā su-duḥkhitāḥ ānītāḥ sva-puraṁ rājñā vasanta iti śuśruma

Translation

We have heard that when their father passed away, the young Pāṇḍavas were brought with their deeply grieving mother to the royal capital by the king, and that they now live there.

Synonyms

• पितरि: when the father (was)
• पितरि: अधिकरण (Adhikarana/Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• उपरते: departed (dead)
• उपरते: विशेषण (Adjectival)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उप√रम् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृत् (past participle/क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; ‘ceased/departed’

• बालाः: the children
• बालाः: कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• सह: together with
• सह: सहकारक (Associative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (सह-योगे; preposition-like)

• मात्रा: with (their) mother
• मात्रा: सहकारक/सहयोग (Association)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• सु-दुःखिताः: very distressed
• सु-दुःखिताः: विशेषण (Adjectival)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु + दुःखित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; कर्मधारयः (अतिशयेन दुःखिताः)

• आनीताः: were brought
• आनीताः: प्रत्यय/विशेषण (Predicate participle)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आ√नी (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृत् (past passive participle/क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगे ‘brought’

• स्व-पुरम्: to his own city
• स्व-पुरम्: कर्म (Karma/Object/Goal)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्व + पुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (स्वस्य पुरम्)

• राज्ञा: by the king
• राज्ञा: कर्तृकरण (Agent in passive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• वसन्तः: living (there)
• वसन्तः: विशेषण (Adjectival)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √वस् (धातु) + शतृ (कृदन्त)
• Form: वर्तमानकृदन्त (present participle/शतृ), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘dwelling’

• इति: thus
• इति: वाक्यचिह्न (Quotation marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरणार्थक अव्यय (quotative particle)

• शुश्रुम: we heard
• शुश्रुम: क्रिया (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √श्रु (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), परस्मैपद, उत्तमपुरुष, बहुवचन

Characters & Entities

• Akrūra
• Kṛṣṇa
• Balarāma
• Vasudeva
• Kuntī (Pṛthā)
• Pāṇḍavas

FAQs

What does Srimad Bhagavatam say about protecting children and widows?

This verse highlights that after the father’s death, the grieving children and their mother were brought under the king’s shelter in his own city—showing the dharmic duty of rulers to protect dependents.

Who is being referred to as the children and the mother in this shloka?

In context, Akrūra is recounting what he has heard: after Pāṇḍu’s death, Kuntī and her sons (the Pāṇḍavas) were brought by the king (Dhṛtarāṣṭra) to his city (Hastināpura) and lived there.

What is a practical lesson from this Bhagavatam verse for modern life?

Support grieving families with tangible shelter and care; dharma is not only sentiment but responsible action—especially toward those left vulnerable after a loss.