Shloka 33

Devanagari script

तत्र राजन्यकन्यानां षट्‍सहस्राधिकायुतम् । भौमाहृतानां विक्रम्य राजभ्यो दद‍ृशे हरि: ॥ ३३ ॥

Transliteration

tatra rājanya-kanyānāṁ ṣaṭ-sahasrādhikāyutam bhaumāhṛtānāṁ vikramya rājabhyo dadṛśe hariḥ

Translation

There Lord Hari saw sixteen thousand royal maidens, whom Bhauma had seized by force from various kings.

Synonyms

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• राजन्य-कन्यानाम्: of the royal maidens
• राजन्य-कन्यानाम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्य + कन्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; समासः—राजन्यानां कन्याः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः)

• षट्-सहस्र-अधिक-अयुतम्: six thousand plus ten thousand (i.e., 16,000)
• षट्-सहस्र-अधिक-अयुतम्: Visheshya-sankhya (विशेष्य-संख्या)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: षट् + सहस्र + अधिक + अयुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; संख्यावाचक-समासः—षट्सहस्रैः अधिकम् अयुतम् (अधिक-विशेषणयुक्तः तत्पुरुष-प्रयोगः)

• भौम-आहृतानाम्: abducted by Bhauma
• भौम-आहृतानाम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भौम + आहृत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; कृदन्त—क्त (PPP) ‘आहृत’; समासः—भौमेन आहृताः (तृतीया-तत्पुरुषः)

• विक्रम्य: having overcome, having crossed
• विक्रम्य: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकाल-क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: क्रम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund); उपसर्गः—वि; अर्थः—अतिक्रम्य/उल्लङ्घ्य

• राजभ्यः: from the kings
• राजभ्यः: Apadana (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (5th/Ablative), बहुवचन

• ददृशे: appeared, was seen
• ददृशे: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; अर्थः—दृश्यते/दर्शनं दत्तवान् (appeared/was seen)

• हरिः: Hari (Krishna)
• हरिः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Purport

Śrīla Śrīdhara Svāmī provides evidence from the sage Parāśara, as quoted in the Viṣṇu Purāṇa (5.29.31), to the effect that there were actually 16,100 royal maidens imprisoned in Bhauma’s palace:

Characters & Entities

• Hari (Śrī Kṛṣṇa)
• Bhauma (Narakāsura/Bhaumāsura)

FAQs

What does the Srimad Bhagavatam say about Krishna rescuing the sixteen thousand princesses?

In this verse (10.59.33), Śukadeva explains that Kṛṣṇa saw over sixteen thousand royal maidens who had been forcibly abducted by Narakāsura from various kings.

Why were the princesses in Narakasura’s captivity in Bhagavatam 10.59?

They had been taken by force—Bhauma (Narakāsura) seized them through conquest, removing them from their royal families and keeping them imprisoned.

Practical application: what lesson does Krishna’s rescue of the princesses teach today?

It highlights protecting the vulnerable and restoring dignity to those harmed—standing against exploitation and supporting justice as an expression of dharma.