Shloka 24

अक्रूर-सत्कारः, मथुरायात्रा-विरहः, यमुनातटे दिव्यदर्शनम्, चतुर्व्यूह-नमस्कारः

Devanagari script

सुप्रभाताद्य रजनी मथुरावासियोषिताम् पास्यन्त्य् अच्युतवक्त्राब्जं यासां नेत्रालिपङ्क्तयः

Transliteration

suprabhātādya rajanī mathurāvāsiyoṣitām pāsyanty acyutavaktrābjaṃ yāsāṃ netrālipaṅktayaḥ

Translation

For the women of Mathurā, this very night has become a blessed dawn: their bee-like rows of eyes will drink the lotus of Acyuta’s face.

Word by Word

• सुप्रभातात्: from early morning
• सुप्रभातात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुप्रभात (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

• अद्य: today
• अद्य: Kala-adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• रजनी: the night
• रजनी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रजनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• मथुरावासियोषिताम्: of the women of Mathurā
• मथुरावासियोषिताम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मथुरा + वासिन् + योषित् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः (मथुरायां वासिन्यः योषितः = women dwelling in Mathurā)

• पास्यन्ति: will drink (in) / will behold (lit. drink)
• पास्यन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पा (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, बहुवचन

• अच्युतवक्त्राब्जम्: Acyuta’s lotus-face
• अच्युतवक्त्राब्जम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अच्युत + वक्त्र + अब्ज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (अच्युतस्य वक्त्रम्-अब्जम् = Acyuta’s lotus-face)

• यासाम्: whose
• यासाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (relative pronoun)

• नेत्रालिपङ्क्तयः: rows of eyes (like bees)
• नेत्रालिपङ्क्तयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नेत्र + अलि + पङ्क्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः (नेत्रयोः अलयः इव पङ्क्तयः = rows like bees (i.e., eyes))

Speaker

Sage Parāśara (narrating to Maitreya)

Parashara-Maitreya Dialogue

Speaker: Parasara

Topic: The auspiciousness of Krishna’s imminent arrival in Mathurā and the citizens’ longing to see Him.

Teaching: Devotional

Quality: poetic

Avatara Context

Avatara: Krishna

Purpose: He enters Mathurā so that the oppressed may behold the Lord and so that Kaṃsa’s adharma may soon be ended.

Leela: Loka-rakshana

Dharma Restored: Joyful reorientation of society toward the Lord and the impending removal of unjust rule.

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Darśana of Acyuta’s lotus-face is itself an auspicious ‘dawn’ that grants inward joy and steadiness of heart.

Vedantic Theme: Moksha

Application: Cultivate daily darśana through japa, image-worship, and contemplative visualization, treating it as spiritual sunrise that steadies the mind.

Vishishtadvaita: The Lord’s saulabhya (accessibility) allows finite beings to taste transcendence through concrete, beautiful form without denying His supremacy.

Vaishnava Theology

Vishnu Form: Hari

Bhakti Type: Madhurya

Lakshmi Presence: Sri

Characters & Entities

• Acyuta (Vishnu/Krishna)
• Women of Mathura (Mathurāvāsī yoṣitaḥ)
• Mathura

FAQs

What is the significance of calling Krishna “Acyuta” in the Vishnu Purana?

“Acyuta” means the Unfailing/Unfallen—signaling Krishna’s identity as Vishnu, the supreme and unwavering refuge, even while appearing in a human city like Mathurā.

How does Sage Parāśara express bhakti in this verse?

He frames devotion as “drinking” Krishna’s presence through darśan: the eyes, compared to bees, naturally seek the lotus of the Lord’s face—an image of spontaneous, grace-filled attraction.

The theological importance of Lord Vishnu in this context?

Vishnu’s supremacy is conveyed through intimate accessibility: the Supreme is not distant—His very sight transforms ordinary night into auspicious dawn, making divine sovereignty felt as joy and liberation in the heart.