Shloka 33

Uddhava’s Counsel: The Jarāsandha Resolution and Kṛṣṇa’s Arrival at Indraprastha

Devanagari script

प्राप्तं निशम्य नरलोचनपानपात्र- मौत्सुक्यविश्लथितकेशदुकूलबन्धा: । सद्यो विसृज्य गृहकर्म पतींश्च तल्पे द्रष्टुं ययुर्युवतय: स्म नरेन्द्रमार्गे ॥ ३३ ॥

Transliteration

prāptaṁ niśamya nara-locana-pāna-pātram autsukya-viślathita-keśa-dukūla-bandhāḥ sadyo visṛjya gṛha-karma patīṁś ca talpe draṣṭuṁ yayur yuvatayaḥ sma narendra-mārge

Translation

When the city’s young women heard that Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa—the nectar of delight for human eyes—had arrived, they hurried to the royal road to see Him. At once they cast aside their household duties and even left their husbands in bed, and in their eagerness the knots of their hair and garments came loose.

Synonyms

• prāptam: (that he had) arrived
• prāptam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √prāp (धातु) → prāpta (कृदन्त; भूतकृदन्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त—‘प्राप्तम्’ (having arrived) object of niśamya (hearing that [he] had arrived)

• niśamya: having heard
• niśamya: Hetu (हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ni-√śam (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund) अव्यय-प्रयोग; ‘श्रुत्वा/ज्ञात्वा’

• nara-locana-pāna-pātram: a vessel for men’s eyes to drink (a sight to behold)
• nara-locana-pāna-pātram: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nara (प्रातिपदिक) + locana (प्रातिपदिक) + pāna (प्रातिपदिक) + pātra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘नराणां लोचनानां पानस्य पात्रम्’ = object fit to be drunk by men’s eyes

• autsukya-viślathita-keśa-dukūla-bandhāḥ: whose hair and garment-knots were loosened by eagerness
• autsukya-viślathita-keśa-dukūla-bandhāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: autsukya (प्रातिपदिक) + viślathita (कृदन्त; √ślath) + keśa (प्रातिपदिक) + dukūla (प्रातिपदिक) + bandha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; बहुव्रीहिः—‘autsukyen viślathitāḥ keśa-dukūla-bandhāḥ yāsām’ (whose hair and garment-ties loosened from eagerness)

• sadyaḥ: immediately
• sadyaḥ: Kāla (काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sadyaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• visṛjya: having abandoned
• visṛjya: Pūrvakāla (पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vi-√sṛj (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund) अव्यय; ‘त्यक्त्वा’

• gṛha-karma: household work
• gṛha-karma: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gṛha (प्रातिपदिक) + karman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘गृहस्य कर्म’

• patīn: husbands
• patīn: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• talpe: on the bed
• talpe: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: talpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (अधिकरण), एकवचन

• draṣṭum: to see
• draṣṭum: Prayojana (प्रयोजन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: √dṛś (धातु)
• Form: तुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त (infinitive) अव्यय; प्रयोजन (purpose)

• yayuḥ: they went
• yayuḥ: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √yā (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• yuvatayaḥ: the young women
• yuvatayaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yuvatī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• sma: indeed/then (narrative particle)
• sma: Nipāta (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sma (अव्यय)
• Form: स्म-निपात (particle indicating past narration/emphasis)

• narendra-mārge: on the king’s road
• narendra-mārge: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: narendra (प्रातिपदिक) + mārga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (अधिकरण), एकवचन; ‘नरेन्द्रस्य मार्गः’

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Kṛṣṇa
• yuvatayaḥ (the young women of Indraprastha)

FAQs

What does the Srimad Bhagavatam say about the power of Krishna’s darshan?

This verse says Kṛṣṇa is so captivating that merely hearing of His arrival makes people drop all engagements and run to see Him—He is described as the very ‘drink’ for the eyes.

Why did the young women leave their homes and go to the royal road?

Because Kṛṣṇa had arrived in the city; overwhelmed by eagerness to behold Him, they immediately went to the king’s road where His procession would pass.

Practical application of this shloka in modern life?

Prioritize genuine spiritual “darshan” by making time for hearing and seeing Kṛṣṇa—through śāstra, kīrtana, and deity/holy association—even when daily duties compete for attention.