Shloka 5

अक्रूरस्य यमुनादर्शनम्, मथुराप्रवेशः, रजकवधः, माल्यजीवकवरदानम्

Devanagari script

नूनं ते दृष्टम् आश्चर्यम् अक्रूर यमुनाजले विस्मयोत्फुल्लनयनो भवान् संलक्ष्यते यतः

Transliteration

nūnaṃ te dṛṣṭam āścaryam akrūra yamunājale vismayotphullanayano bhavān saṃlakṣyate yataḥ

Translation

Surely, O Akrūra, you have beheld some marvel in the waters of the Yamunā; for your eyes are widened with astonishment, and it is plain from your very look.

Word by Word

• नूनम्: surely, indeed
• नूनम्: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नूनम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निश्चयार्थक-अव्ययम्) = indeclinable particle of certainty

• ते: your / by you (contextual)
• ते: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/स्त्रीलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग (सर्वनाम), षष्ठी (6th/genitive), एकवचन = of you/your

• दृष्टम्: seen
• दृष्टम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन = seen

• आश्चर्यम्: a marvel
• आश्चर्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आश्चर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/accusative), एकवचन = a wonder

• अक्रूर: O Akrūra
• अक्रूर: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अक्रूर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/vocative), एकवचन = O Akrūra

• यमुनाजले: in Yamunā’s water
• यमुनाजले: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यमुना (प्रातिपदिक) + जल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष समास (यमुनायाः जलम्), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/locative), एकवचन = in the water of Yamunā

• विस्मयोत्फुल्लनयनः: with eyes widened in amazement
• विस्मयोत्फुल्लनयनः: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विस्मय (प्रातिपदिक) + उत्फुल्ल (कृदन्त/विशेषण) + नयन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुव्रीहि समास (विस्मयेन उत्फुल्ले नयने यस्य), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/nominative), एकवचन = whose eyes are widened with amazement

• भवान्: you
• भवान्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भवत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (आदरार्थे सर्वनाम), प्रथमा (1st/nominative), एकवचन = you (honorific)

• संलक्ष्यते: is seen/appears
• संलक्ष्यते: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + लक्ष् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन = is perceived/appears

• यतः: because, since
• यतः: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (हेतौ/कारणे) = indeclinable causal/relative adverb ‘since/because’

Speaker

Cowherds of Vrindavana (Gopas), addressing Akrura

Avatara Context

Avatara: Krishna

Purpose: Kṛṣṇa draws Akrūra toward Mathurā to advance the removal of Kaṃsa and protect dharma in Vraja and the Yādava realm.

Leela: Loka-rakshana

Dharma Restored: Protection of the righteous and the divine plan leading to the fall of tyrannical rule.

Vaishnava Theology

Vishnu Form: Krishna

Bhakti Type: Shanta

Characters & Entities

• Akrura
• Yamuna

FAQs

What is the significance of Akrura’s astonishment in the Yamuna in the Vishnu Purana?

It signals that Akrura has encountered a divine marvel in the Yamuna—an outward sign that the Lord’s higher reality can break through ordinary perception during Krishna’s lila.

How does the narrative frame this moment of wonder?

Within the Krishna-charita flow (Ansha 5), the cowherds observe Akrura’s changed expression and infer he has seen something extraordinary, using his visible awe as narrative proof of a hidden divine event.

The theological importance of Lord Vishnu in this context?

Even without naming Vishnu directly in this verse, the episode supports Vaishnava teaching that the Supreme Lord’s sovereignty (aiśvarya) manifests through signs and visions, while remaining woven into the intimacy of earthly lila.