Shloka 43
अक्रूर-सत्कारः, मथुरायात्रा-विरहः, यमुनातटे दिव्यदर्शनम्, चतुर्व्यूह-नमस्कारः
बलकृष्णौ तथाक्रूरः प्रत्यभिज्ञाय विस्मितः सो ऽचिन्तयद् रथाच् छीघ्रं कथम् अत्रागताव् इति
balakṛṣṇau tathākrūraḥ pratyabhijñāya vismitaḥ so 'cintayad rathāc chīghraṃ katham atrāgatāv iti
Recognizing Balarāma and Kṛṣṇa, Akrūra was struck with wonder. He pondered within: “How have they come here so swiftly, leaving the chariot behind?”
Sage Parāśara (narrating to Maitreya)
Speaker: Parasara
Topic: Kṛṣṇa’s deeds in Mathurā and the events surrounding Akrūra’s mission
Teaching: Historical
Quality: revealing
Avatara: Krishna
Purpose: To relieve the earth’s burden by destroying tyrannical forces like Kaṃsa and to protect dharma through divine līlā among the Yādavas.
Leela: Loka-rakshana
Dharma Restored: Protection of the righteous and the re-establishment of just kingship and safety for devotees
Vishnu Form: Krishna
FAQs
It highlights the contrast between ordinary perception and Bhagavān’s inconceivable power—Akrūra senses that Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma move beyond normal physical limits.
Through human-like scenes (travel, chariots, meetings) that suddenly disclose superhuman immediacy, Parāśara shows that the Supreme (Vishnu as Kṛṣṇa) remains transcendent even while appearing within history.
Kṛṣṇa, as Vishnu’s manifestation, is portrayed as sovereign over space and motion—affirming Bhagavān’s supremacy while sustaining the intimacy of līlā.