Shloka 27

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

Rukmiṇī’s Message Begins

Devanagari script

द्वारकां स समभ्येत्य प्रतीहारै: प्रवेशित: । अपश्यदाद्यं पुरुषमासीनं काञ्चनासने ॥ २७ ॥

Transliteration

dvārakāṁ sa samabhyetya pratīhāraiḥ praveśitaḥ apaśyad ādyaṁ puruṣam āsīnaṁ kāñcanāsane

Translation

Reaching Dvārakā, the brāhmaṇa was ushered in by the gatekeepers and beheld the primeval Personality of Godhead seated upon a golden throne.

Synonyms

• द्वारकाम्: Dwaraka
• द्वारकाम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वारका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; देश/नगर-नाम

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• समभ्येत्य: having arrived
• समभ्येत्य: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्-अभि-इ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund), ‘having approached/arrived’

• प्रतीहारैः: by the doorkeepers
• प्रतीहारैः: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रतीहार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• प्रवेशितः: (having been) admitted
• प्रवेशितः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-विश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (Past passive participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘having been admitted/caused to enter’

• अपश्यत्: he saw
• अपश्यत्: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• आद्यम्: the primeval, original
• आद्यम्: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आद्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying पुरुषम्)

• पुरुषम्: Person (Supreme Being)
• पुरुषम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• आसीनम्: seated
• आसीनम्: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आस् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (Past active participle in sense of state); पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying पुरुषम्) ‘seated’

• काञ्चन-आसने: on a golden throne/seat
• काञ्चन-आसने: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काञ्चन (प्रातिपदिक) + आसन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः ‘on a golden seat’

Characters & Entities

• Kṛṣṇa

FAQs

What does Srimad Bhagavatam describe about Krishna’s royal presence in Dvārakā?

This verse depicts Kṛṣṇa in Dvārakā as the Ādi Puruṣa (Primeval Supreme Person), seated regally on a golden throne, revealing His divine majesty within His human-like līlā.

Who is being brought in by the doorkeepers to see Krishna in Bhagavatam 10.52?

In this scene, a visitor (the messenger/arriving person in the narrative) reaches Dvārakā and is formally escorted by the palace guards to have audience with Lord Kṛṣṇa.

How can a devotee apply the teaching of ‘darśana’ from this shloka in modern life?

Approach the Lord with reverence and proper conduct—seeking His presence through sincere prayer, disciplined devotion, and respectful entry into sacred spaces (temple, scripture, kīrtana), cultivating the mood of receiving darśana.