Srimad Bhagavatam — Dashama Skandha, Shloka 8

Kṛṣṇa Visits Indraprastha; Kuntī’s Remembrance; Kālindī and Further Marriages

Devanagari script

तमाह प्रेमवैक्लव्यरुद्धकण्ठाश्रुलोचना । स्मरन्ती तान् बहून् क्लेशान् क्लेशापायात्मदर्शनम् ॥ ८ ॥

Transliteration

tam āha prema-vaiklavya- ruddha-kaṇṭhāśru-locanā smarantī tān bahūn kleśān kleśāpāyātma-darśanam

Translation

Overcome by love, her throat choked and her eyes brimmed with tears. Remembering the many hardships she and her sons had endured, Queen Kuntī thus spoke to Bhagavān Śrī Kṛṣṇa, who appears before His devotees to dispel their distress.

Synonyms

• तम्: to him
• तम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• आह: she said
• आह: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अह्/√ब्रू (धातु; आह as perfect of √अह्)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect/लिट्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• प्रेम-वैक्लव्य-रुद्ध-कण्ठ-अश्रु-लोचना: whose throat was choked and eyes tearful from love’s agitation
• प्रेम-वैक्लव्य-रुद्ध-कण्ठ-अश्रु-लोचना: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रेम (प्रातिपदिक) + वैक्लव्य (प्रातिपदिक) + रुद्ध (√रुध् धातु, क्त) + कण्ठ (प्रातिपदिक) + अश्रु (प्रातिपदिक) + लोचन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः: प्रेम-वैक्लव्येन रुद्धः कण्ठः, अश्रुभिः लोचने यस्याः (whose throat was choked and eyes tearful due to love's agitation)

• स्मरन्ती: remembering
• स्मरन्ती: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √स्मृ (धातु) → स्मरन्ती (शतृ/वर्तमान कृदन्त)
• Form: वर्तमानकालिक कृदन्त (present active participle, शतृ); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• तान्: those
• तान्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), बहुवचन

• बहून्: many
• बहून्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), बहुवचन; विशेषण

• क्लेशान्: afflictions
• क्लेशान्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्लेश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), बहुवचन

• क्लेश-अपाय-आत्म-दर्शनम्: the vision (of you), the remover of distress
• क्लेश-अपाय-आत्म-दर्शनम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्लेश (प्रातिपदिक) + अपाय (प्रातिपदिक) + आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक) + दर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया/प्रथमा (contextual; here appositive/accusative), एकवचन; समास: क्लेशस्य अपायः (removal of distress) + आत्मदर्शन (vision of oneself/yourself)

Characters & Entities

• Kṛṣṇa
• Rukmiṇī

FAQs

How does the Srimad Bhagavatam describe the effect of seeing Krishna (darshan) on suffering?

This verse says Rukmiṇī remembered her many troubles, yet those distresses were removed by seeing Kṛṣṇa—implying His darśana brings relief because He is the very Self and refuge of the devotee.

Why was Rukmini crying and unable to speak clearly when addressing Krishna?

Her love overwhelmed her—her throat became choked and her eyes filled with tears—showing intense bhakti (prema) as she recalled past hardships that ended when she attained Kṛṣṇa’s presence.

What is a practical modern-life application of this shloka’s teaching?

When anxiety or grief rises, repeatedly bring the mind to Bhagavān—through darśana, nāma-japa, and remembrance—because steady remembrance of Kṛṣṇa is presented here as the remedy that dissolves inner distress.