Shloka 10
कुब्जानुग्रहः, धनुर्भङ्गः, कुवलयापीडवधः, मल्लयुद्धं, कंसवधः, स्तुतयः
चकर्ष पद्भ्यां च तदा ऋजुत्वं केशवो ऽनयत् ततः सा ऋजुतां प्राप्ता योषिताम् अभवद् वरा
cakarṣa padbhyāṃ ca tadā ṛjutvaṃ keśavo 'nayat tataḥ sā ṛjutāṃ prāptā yoṣitām abhavad varā
Then Keśava drew her with his feet and led her into straightness. Thereupon she became upright and, among women, the most excellent—by the sovereign touch of the Lord who sets right what is bent and broken.
Sage Parāśara (narrating) to Maitreya
Speaker: Parasara
Topic: How Krishna’s touch confers transformation and auspiciousness upon devotees.
Teaching: Devotional
Quality: authoritative and grace-revealing
Avatara: Krishna
Purpose: Krishna straightens Kubjā, demonstrating compassionate power that restores what is distorted and draws the devotee toward wholeness.
Leela: Moksha-dana
Dharma Restored: Restoration of order and auspiciousness—healing deformity as a sign of removing inner and outer crookedness.
Concept: Bhagavān’s touch (anugraha) can rectify both outer limitation and inner crookedness, making the devotee fit for auspicious life and devotion.
Vedantic Theme: Moksha
Application: Approach the Divine with humility and service; seek inner ‘straightness’ through honesty, disciplined practice, and prayer for grace.
Vishishtadvaita: Grace transforms the jīva while preserving individuality—God perfects the soul-body complex rather than negating it, consistent with qualified non-dualism.
Vishnu Form: Krishna
Bhakti Type: Dasya
Lakshmi Presence: Sri
FAQs
In this verse, ṛjutva signifies restoration—an outward and inward alignment with dharma brought about by Keśava’s divine agency.
Parāśara presents transformation as the Lord’s līlā: a direct act of grace that corrects what is distorted and elevates the devotee’s condition into auspicious order.
Keśava is shown as the supreme, sovereign reality whose touch reorders embodied life—highlighting a Vaishnava view where liberation and refinement ultimately depend on the Lord’s grace.