Shloka 21

Inauspicious Omens and Arjuna’s Return from Dvārakā

Devanagari script

मन्य एतैर्महोत्पातैर्नूनं भगवत: पदै: । अनन्यपुरुषश्रीभिर्हीना भूर्हतसौभगा ॥ २१ ॥

Transliteration

manya etair mahotpātair nūnaṁ bhagavataḥ padaiḥ ananya-puruṣa-śrībhir hīnā bhūr hata-saubhagā

Translation

I think these great disturbances foretell a grave loss of the world’s good fortune. The earth was blessed to bear the footprints of the Lord’s lotus feet; these signs indicate that this will be so no longer.

Synonyms

• manye: I think
• manye: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: man (मन् धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, उत्तमपुरुष (1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• etaiḥ: by these
• etaiḥ: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (एतद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (Pronoun), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine/Neuter), तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), बहुवचन (Plural)

• mahā-utpātaiḥ: by great portents
• mahā-utpātaiḥ: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (महा) + utpāta (उत्पात प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास ('महान् उत्पातः'), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), बहुवचन (Plural)

• nūnam: surely
• nūnam: Sambandha (सम्बन्धः)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nūnam (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चयार्थक-अव्यय (certainly)

• bhagavataḥ: of the Lord
• bhagavataḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्धः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhagavat (भगवत् प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन (Singular)

• padaiḥ: by the footsteps/feet (signs)
• padaiḥ: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pada (पद प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), बहुवचन (Plural)

• ananya-puruṣa-śrībhiḥ: by those endowed with the glory of the unique Person
• ananya-puruṣa-śrībhiḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषणम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ananya (अनन्य) + puruṣa (पुरुष) + śrī (श्री)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (विशेषण-समूह: 'अनन्यः पुरुषः' = the unique Person; तस्य श्रीः), तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), बहुवचन (Plural), पुं/नपुंसक-लिङ्ग (agreeing with 'padaiḥ')

• hīnā: deprived
• hīnā: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषणम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: hīna (हीन प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• bhūḥ: the earth
• bhūḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhū (भू प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• hata-saubhagā: whose fortune is ruined
• hata-saubhagā: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषणम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: hata (हत प्रातिपदिक) + saubhaga (सौभग प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुव्रीहि-समास ('यस्याḥ सौभगं हतम्' = whose good fortune is destroyed), स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

Characters & Entities

• Bhagavan (Sri Krishna)
• Yudhishthira Maharaja

FAQs

What does the Srimad Bhagavatam say about omens after Lord Krishna’s departure?

This verse links widespread, extraordinary omens with the Lord no longer being present on earth—when His divine presence and “footprints” are gone, the world’s auspiciousness diminishes.

Why did Yudhishthira Maharaja say the earth has lost its fortune?

Seeing alarming portents, Yudhishthira concludes that Krishna has departed; without the Lord’s unique splendor and protection, the earth’s prosperity and spiritual auspiciousness decline.

Practical application of this teaching in modern life?

It emphasizes that real good fortune comes from connection to Bhagavan—by keeping Krishna at the center through bhakti (hearing, chanting, remembrance), one preserves auspiciousness even in troubling times.