Shloka 12

Mucukunda’s Departure; Jarāsandha’s Pursuit; Prelude to Rukmiṇī’s Abduction

Rukmiṇī’s Message Begins

Devanagari script

तत उत्पत्य तरसा दह्यमानतटादुभौ । दशैकयोजनात्तुङ्गान्निपेततुरधो भुवि ॥ १२ ॥

Transliteration

tata utpatya tarasā dahyamāna-taṭād ubhau daśaika-yojanāt tuṅgān nipetatur adho bhuvi

Translation

Then the two of Them suddenly leapt with great speed from the burning mountainside, from a height of eleven yojanas, and came down to the earth below.

Synonyms

• ततः: then
• ततः: Kāla/Deśa-kriyāviśeṣaṇa (काल/देश-क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb): ‘then/from there’

• उत्पत्य: having leapt
• उत्पत्य: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण/पूर्वकालिक क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उत्-पत् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund) from √पत् with उपसर्ग उत्-; ‘having leapt up’

• तरसा: with speed/force
• तरसा: Karaṇa (करण) / Hetu (हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तरस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instrumental), एकवचन; manner/instrument sense

• दह्यमान-तटात्: from the burning slope
• दह्यमान-तटात्: Apādāna (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दह्यमान (प्रातिपदिक; from √दह्, कर्मणि वर्तमान कृदन्त) + तट (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (Ablative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष: ‘from the burning slope/bank’

• उभौ: both (of them)
• उभौ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, द्विवचन

• दश-एक-योजनात्: from eleven yojanas (high)
• दश-एक-योजनात्: Apādāna (अपादान) / Parimāṇa (परिमाण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दश (संख्या) + एक (संख्या) + योजन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (Ablative), एकवचन; द्विगु-समास: ‘from (a height of) eleven yojanas’

• तुङ्गात्: from a great height
• तुङ्गात्: Apādāna (अपादान)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तुङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (ablative) agreeing with implied ‘स्थानात्’/height; in text via sandhi: तुङ्गान् → तुङ्गात्

• निपेततुः: they fell down
• निपेततुः: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-पत् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, द्विवचन; परस्मैपद

• अधः: downwards
• अधः: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अधः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• भुवि: on the ground
• भुवि: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भू (प्रातिपदिक: ‘earth’)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन

Purport

Eleven yojanas is approximately ninety miles.

FAQs

What is described in Srimad Bhagavatam 10.52.12?

This verse describes two persons leaping from a burning riverbank and falling from a great height (eleven yojanas) down to the earth, as part of the fast-moving narrative in Canto 10, Chapter 52.

Who is speaking this verse in the Bhagavata Purana?

Śukadeva Gosvāmī is narrating this verse to King Parīkṣit as part of the Rukmiṇī–Kṛṣṇa episode.

What practical lesson can a devotee take from this verse?

It highlights how quickly circumstances can change in intense moments; a devotee learns steadiness and remembrance of the Lord even amid sudden danger and upheaval.