Shloka 9

इन्द्र-प्रायश्चित्तं, कृष्णाभिषेकः, गोविन्द-नामप्राप्तिः

Devanagari script

त्रातास् ताश् च त्वया गावः समुत्पाट्य महागिरिम् तेनाहं तोषितो वीर कर्मणात्यद्भुतेन ते

Transliteration

trātās tāś ca tvayā gāvaḥ samutpāṭya mahāgirim tenāhaṃ toṣito vīra karmaṇātyadbhutena te

Translation

You have saved those cows; tearing up the mighty mountain itself, you became their protector. By that astonishing deed of yours, O hero, I am fully satisfied.

Word by Word

• त्राताः: (they) were saved
• त्राताः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √त्रा (धातु) → त्रात (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्तः (क्त); पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा बहुवचनम्; ‘saved/protected’ (PPP; nominative plural masculine)

• ताः: those (fem.)
• ताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे प्रथमा बहुवचनम् (Nominative plural feminine)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्ययम् (conjunction)

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; तृतीया एकवचनम् (Instrumental singular)

• गावः: cows
• गावः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे प्रथमा बहुवचनम् (Nominative plural feminine)

• समुत्पाट्य: having uprooted/lifted up
• समुत्पाट्य: Kriya (Gerundial/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-उत्-√पाट्/√पट् (धातु) → समुत्पाट्य (क्त्वान्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्तः (gerund); पूर्वकालक्रिया (having uprooted/raised up)

• महागिरिम्: the great mountain
• महागिरिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महā + गिरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे द्वितीया एकवचनम् (Accusative singular masculine)

• तेन: by that; thereby
• तेन: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे तृतीया एकवचनम् (Instrumental singular neuter)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा एकवचनम् (Nominative singular)

• तोषितः: am pleased
• तोषितः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √तुष् (धातु) → तोषित (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्तः (क्त); पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा एकवचनम्; ‘pleased/satisfied’ (PPP used predicatively)

• वीर: O hero
• वीर: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे सम्बोधन एकवचनम् (Vocative singular masculine)

• कर्मणा: by the deed
• कर्मणा: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे तृतीया एकवचनम् (Instrumental singular neuter)

• अत्यद्भुतेन: by (a) very wonderful (one)
• अत्यद्भुतेन: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अति + अद्भुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे तृतीया एकवचनम्; विशेषणम् (Instrumental singular neuter; adjectival)

• ते: of you; your
• ते: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी एकवचनम् (Genitive singular)

Speaker

Indra (addressing Sri Krishna after the Govardhana episode)

Avatara Context

Avatara: Krishna

Purpose: To shelter the cows and Vraja from Indra’s deluge and to reveal his supreme protective power.

Leela: Loka-rakshana

Dharma Restored: Go-raksha (protection of cattle) and surrender to Krishna as true refuge

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: True refuge is the Lord’s protection, not the capricious power of lesser deities when pride intervenes.

Vedantic Theme: Dharma

Application: Cultivate gratitude and reliance on the divine in crises, and protect the vulnerable as an expression of dharma.

Vishishtadvaita: The personal Lord responds to devotees’ dependence, manifesting saving grace within the world (immanence) while remaining supremely powerful (transcendence).

Vaishnava Theology

Vishnu Form: Krishna

Bhakti Type: Vatsalya

Characters & Entities

• Indra
• Sri Krishna
• Govardhana (mountain)
• Cows of Vraja

FAQs

What is the significance of Govardhana-līlā in the Vishnu Purana?

It portrays Krishna’s supreme sovereignty: by uprooting the mountain to protect the cows, he establishes that divine protection and cosmic order do not depend on Indra’s rain but on the Supreme Lord’s will.

How does Sage Parāśara explain divine authority in this episode?

Through the narrative in which a deva (Indra) acknowledges Krishna’s astonishing deed, the text frames devas as subordinate administrators while Vishnu/Krishna remains the ultimate source of protection and order.

What is the theological importance of Lord Vishnu (as Krishna) here?

Krishna’s act is not merely heroic; it signals the Supreme Reality safeguarding dharma—showing that even Indra’s power yields before Vishnu’s higher sovereignty.