Shloka 45

Rājasūya: Agrapūjā for Kṛṣṇa and the Slaying (and Liberation) of Śiśupāla

Devanagari script

चैद्यदेहोत्थितं ज्योतिर्वासुदेवमुपाविशत् । पश्यतां सर्वभूतानामुल्केव भुवि खाच्च्युता ॥ ४५ ॥

Transliteration

caidya-dehotthitaṁ jyotir vāsudevam upāviśat paśyatāṁ sarva-bhūtānām ulkeva bhuvi khāc cyutā

Translation

From Śiśupāla’s body a radiant light arose, and before the eyes of all beings it entered Vāsudeva, Lord Kṛṣṇa, like a meteor falling from the sky to the earth.

Synonyms

• चैद्य-देह-उत्थितम्: arisen from Caidya’s body
• चैद्य-देह-उत्थितम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चैद्य (प्रातिपदिक) + देह (प्रातिपदिक) + उत्थित (कृदन्त, √स्था/उत्-स्था)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; कृदन्त-भूतकृदन्त (क्त), ‘उत्थित’ = arisen; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (चैद्यस्य देहात् उत्थितम्)

• ज्योतिः: light, radiance
• ज्योतिः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ज्योतिस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• वासुदेवम्: Vāsudeva (Krishna)
• वासुदेवम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वासुदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• उपाविशत्: entered, merged into
• उपाविशत्: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √विश् (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/past), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; उप-उपसर्गः

• पश्यताम्: of the onlookers / while they watched
• पश्यताम्: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पश् (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमानकृदन्त (शतृ), षष्ठी (6), बहुवचन; ‘of (those) seeing/while (they) were seeing’

• सर्व-भूतानाम्: of all beings
• सर्व-भूतानाम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + भूत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), बहुवचन; कर्मधारयः ‘सर्वाणि भूतानि’

• उल्का-इव: like a meteor
• उल्का-इव: Upamāna (उपमान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उल्का (प्रातिपदिक) + इव (अव्यय)
• Form: इव = उपमा-अव्यय (particle of comparison); ‘उल्का’ नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन (उपमान)

• भुवि: on the earth
• भुवि: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भू (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन

• खात्: from the sky
• खात्: Apādāna (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5), एकवचन

• च्युताः: fallen (down)
• च्युताः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: च्युत (कृदन्त, √च्यु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; कृदन्त-भूतकृदन्त (क्त) ‘fallen’ (here agreeing with implied ‘उल्काः’)

Purport

In this connection, the ācāryas remind us that Śiśupāla is actually one of the Lord’s eternal associates playing the part of a belligerent demon. Thus to most observers it appeared that Śiśupāla achieved the impersonal liberation of merging into Lord Kṛṣṇa’s bodily effulgence. In fact, after being liberated from his mortal frame, Śiśupāla returned to the side of his master, the Supreme Lord of the spiritual world. The following verse further explains this.

Characters & Entities

• Śiśupāla (Caidya)
• Vāsudeva (Śrī Kṛṣṇa)

FAQs

What does the Srimad Bhagavatam say about Śiśupāla’s liberation after being killed by Krishna?

This verse describes a brilliant light rising from Śiśupāla’s body and entering Vāsudeva, indicating that by direct contact with the Supreme Lord, Śiśupāla attained a liberated destination.

Why did a light come out of Śiśupāla’s body and enter Krishna?

Śukadeva explains that the soul’s final destination was visibly shown: the radiance leaving Śiśupāla and entering Kṛṣṇa demonstrates the Lord’s absolute position and the extraordinary result of being slain by Him.

Practical application: what does Bhagavatam 10.74.45 teach a modern seeker?

It teaches that the Supreme Lord is the ultimate shelter, and that constant absorption in Him—even if imperfect—has profound spiritual consequence; therefore one should cultivate deliberate remembrance and devotion to Kṛṣṇa rather than hostility or neglect.