Shloka 4
Draupadī Meets Kṛṣṇa’s Queens — Narratives of the Lord’s Marriages and the Queens’ Bhakti
हि त्वात्मधामविधुतात्मकृतत्र्यवस्था- मानन्दसम्प्लवमखण्डमकुण्ठबोधम् । कालोपसृष्टनिगमावन आत्तयोग- मायाकृतिं परमहंसगतिं नता: स्म ॥ ४ ॥
hi tvātma dhāma-vidhutātma-kṛta-try-avasthām ānanda-samplavam akhaṇḍam akuṇṭha-bodham kālopasṛṣṭa-nigamāvana ātta-yoga- māyākṛtiṁ paramahaṁsa-gatiṁ natāḥ sma
The radiance of Your own divine form dispels the threefold states of material consciousness, and by Your grace we are immersed in an unbroken flood of bliss. Your knowledge is indivisible and unobstructed. To protect the Vedas, threatened by time, You have assumed this human form by Your Yoga-māyā. We bow to You, the supreme destination of the paramahaṁsas.
Simply by the effulgent light emanating from the beautiful form of Lord Kṛṣṇa, one’s intelligence is purified of all material contamination, and thus the soul’s various entanglements in the modes of goodness, passion and ignorance are dispelled. “How then,” the Lord’s relatives imply, “can we ever suffer misfortune? We are always immersed in absolute happiness.” This is their answer to His inquiry about their welfare.
FAQs
This verse says Kṛṣṇa assumes a form through His own yogamāyā—His divine internal potency—especially to protect sacred revelation (the Vedas) when it is threatened by time’s influence.
In their prayer they recognize that as time (kāla) obscures and disrupts dharma and Vedic understanding, Kṛṣṇa manifests to preserve and reestablish Vedic truth and its living practice.
The verse points to Kṛṣṇa as the stable source of clarity and joy beyond changing circumstances; practically, one cultivates steadiness through bhakti—regular hearing, chanting, and remembrance—so the mind is less ruled by time, anxiety, and self-made conditioning.