Srimad Bhagavatam — Prathama Skandha, Shloka 2

Kuntī’s Prayers and the Neutralization of the Brahmāstra

Uttarā Protected; Yudhiṣṭhira’s Grief Begins

Devanagari script

ते निनीयोदकं सर्वे विलप्य च भृशं पुन: । आप्लुता हरिपादाब्जरज:पूतसरिज्जले ॥ २ ॥

Transliteration

te ninīyodakaṁ sarve vilapya ca bhṛśaṁ punaḥ āplutā hari-pādābja- rajaḥ-pūta-sarij-jale

Translation

After offering the water and lamenting deeply, they bathed in the Gaṅgā, whose stream is purified by the dust of the Lord Hari’s lotus feet.

Synonyms

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/स्त्री/नपुं, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• निनीय: having led / having carried
• निनीय: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकाल-क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नी (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्यय (Absolutive/Gerund) का वैदिक/महाकाव्य-रूप ‘-य’ (निनीय = नीत्वा), अव्यय; पूर्वक्रिया

• उदकम्: water (libation)
• उदकम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उदक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• सर्वे: all (of them)
• सर्वे: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• विलप्य: having lamented
• विलप्य: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकाल-क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-लप् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्यय (Absolutive/Gerund), अव्यय; पूर्वक्रिया

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• भृशम्: greatly, intensely
• भृशम्: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भृशम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; पुनरावृत्ति-बोधक (again)

• आप्लुताः: having bathed / immersed
• आप्लुताः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आ-प्लु (धातु) + आप्लुत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; विशेषण (ते/सर्वे)

• हरिपादाब्जरजःपूतसरिज्जले: in the river-water purified by the dust of Hari’s lotus-feet
• हरिपादाब्जरजःपूतसरिज्जले: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि (प्रातिपदिक) + पाद (प्रातिपदिक) + अब्ज (प्रातिपदिक) + रजस् (प्रातिपदिक) + पूत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक) + सरित् (प्रातिपदिक) + जल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन; बहुपद-समासः (हरिपाद-अब्ज-रजः-पूत-सरित्-जल = ‘हरिपादाब्जस्य रजसा पूतायाः सरितः जले’)

Characters & Entities

• Kuntī
• Pāṇḍavas
• Lord Hari (Kṛṣṇa)

FAQs

What does the Srimad Bhagavatam say about purification by the dust of Krishna’s lotus feet?

This verse states that even a river becomes purified by the dust of Lord Hari’s lotus feet, and bathing in such water grants spiritual cleansing and devotionally charged remembrance.

Why were Kuntī and the Pāṇḍavas weeping while performing these rites?

In the aftermath of the Kurukṣetra tragedy, they were overwhelmed by grief and compassion for those lost, and thus performed water-offerings and bathing while lamenting.

Practical application of this teaching in modern life?

Seek purification through bhakti—regularly remember and serve Kṛṣṇa (hearing, chanting, pilgrimage, sacred bathing with devotion), and let devotion transform grief into surrender and spiritual clarity.