Srimad Bhagavatam — Ekadasha Skandha, Shloka 25

Bhakti as the Easy and Supreme Yoga: Seeing Kṛṣṇa in All and Uddhava’s Departure to Badarikāśrama

Devanagari script

सुविविक्तं तव प्रश्न‍ं मयैतदपि धारयेत् । सनातनं ब्रह्मगुह्यं परं ब्रह्माधिगच्छति ॥ २५ ॥

Transliteration

su-viviktaṁ tava praśnaṁ mayaitad api dhārayet sanātanaṁ brahma-guhyaṁ paraṁ brahmādhigacchati

Translation

These answers to your questions are most clear. One who fixes attention upon them attains the eternal, confidential goal of the Vedas—the Supreme Absolute Truth, Parabrahman.

Synonyms

• सु-विविक्तम्: very clear/distinct
• सु-विविक्तम्: विशेषण (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु (अव्यय) + विविक्त (वि+विच्/विविच्-धातु, क्त-प्रत्यय; प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; अव्ययीभावः (सु + विविक्तम्) used adjectivally with प्रश्नम्

• तव: your
• तव: सम्बन्ध (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

• प्रश्नम्: question
• प्रश्नम्: कर्म (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रश्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• मया: by me
• मया: कर्ता/करण (Agent in passive sense / Instrumental)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: कर्म (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• अपि: also, even
• अपि: निपात (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/अप्यर्थे (particle: also/even)

• धारयेत्: should retain/keep in mind
• धारयेत्: क्रिया (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: धृ (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; ‘should hold/retain’

• सनातनम्: eternal
• सनातनम्: विशेषण (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सनातन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; qualifies (ब्रह्म) understood

• ब्रह्म-गुह्यम्: the secret of Brahman
• ब्रह्म-गुह्यम्: विशेषण (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ब्रह्मन् + गुह्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (ब्रह्मणि गुह्यम् / ब्रह्मसम्बन्धि गुह्यम्)

• परम्: supreme
• परम्: विशेषण (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; qualifies ब्रह्म

• ब्रह्म: Brahman
• ब्रह्म: कर्म (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• अधिगच्छति: attains/realizes
• अधिगच्छति: क्रिया (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अधि+गम् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

Characters & Entities

• Uddhava
• Kṛṣṇa

FAQs

What does the Srimad Bhagavatam say about attaining Parabrahman (Supreme Brahman)?

In this verse, Kṛṣṇa says that one who retains and deeply contemplates His instruction attains the eternal, confidential truth of Brahman—realizing the Supreme Brahman.

Why did Krishna say this to Uddhava in Canto 11?

In the Uddhava Gītā, Uddhava asks refined questions about the highest spiritual path; Kṛṣṇa affirms the purity of the inquiry and emphasizes that sincere contemplation of His teachings leads to the highest realization.

Practical application of contemplating Krishna’s teachings in modern life?

Study a small portion daily, reflect on it, and apply it in conduct—truthfulness, self-control, and devotion—so the teaching becomes lived realization rather than mere information.