Shloka 1

Uddhava Meets the Gopīs: Bhramara-gītā and Kṛṣṇa’s Message of Separation

Devanagari script

श्रीशुक उवाच तं वीक्ष्य कृष्णानुचरं व्रजस्‍त्रिय: प्रलम्बबाहुं नवकञ्जलोचनम् । पीताम्बरं पुष्करमालिनं लस- न्मुखारविन्दं परिमृष्टकुण्डलम् ॥ १ ॥ सुविस्मिता: कोऽयमपीव्यदर्शन: कुतश्च कस्याच्युतवेषभूषण: । इति स्म सर्वा: परिवव्रुरुत्सुका- स्तमुत्तम:श्लोकपदाम्बुजाश्रयम् ॥ २ ॥

Transliteration

śrī-śuka uvāca taṁ vīkṣya kṛṣānucaraṁ vraja-striyaḥ pralamba-bāhuṁ nava-kañja-locanam pītāmbaraṁ puṣkara-mālinaṁ lasan- mukhāravindaṁ parimṛṣṭa-kuṇḍalam

Translation

Śukadeva dijo: Al ver al servidor de Kṛṣṇa, las jóvenes de Vraja quedaron asombradas: tenía brazos largos, ojos como un loto recién brotado, vestía pītāmbara amarillo y una guirnalda de lotos; y su rostro, semejante a un loto, resplandecía con pendientes pulidos y brillantes. “¿Quién es este hombre tan apuesto? ¿De dónde viene y a quién sirve? ¡Lleva las ropas y los adornos de Acyuta!” dijeron. Así, las gopīs, ansiosas, rodearon a Uddhava, refugiado en los pies de loto del Señor Uttamaḥśloka, Śrī Kṛṣṇa.

Synonyms

• śrī-śukaḥ: Śrī Śuka
• śrī-śukaḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrī (प्रातिपदिक) + śuka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (श्रीमान् शुकः), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriya (क्रिया/Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

• tam: him
• tam: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• vīkṣya: having seen
• vīkṣya: Kriya (क्रिया/Converb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi-√īkṣ (धातु) + lyap (ल्यप्)
• Form: क्त्वान्त/ल्यपन्त अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund/Absolutive): ‘having seen’

• kṛṣṇa-anucaram: Kṛṣṇa’s attendant
• kṛṣṇa-anucaram: Karma (कर्म/Object; apposition to tam)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṛṣṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + anucara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी: ‘कृष्णस्य अनुचरः’), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• vraja-striyaḥ: the women of Vraja
• vraja-striyaḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vraja (प्रातिपदिक) + strī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी: ‘व्रजस्य स्त्रियः’), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• pralamba-bāhum: long-armed
• pralamba-bāhum: Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pralamba (प्रातिपदिक) + bāhu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (‘प्रलम्बः बāhuḥ यस्य’ as descriptive), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (of tam)

• nava-kañja-locanam: with eyes like fresh lotuses
• nava-kañja-locanam: Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nava (प्रातिपदिक) + kañja (प्रातिपदिक) + locana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (‘नवकञ्जम् इव लोचनम्’), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण

• pīta-ambaram: wearing yellow garments
• pīta-ambaram: Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pīta (प्रातिपदिक) + ambara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (‘पीतम् अम्बरम्’), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण

• puṣkara-mālinam: garlanded with lotuses
• puṣkara-mālinam: Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: puṣkara (प्रातिपदिक) + mālin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (‘पुष्कराणां माली’), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण

• lasat: shining
• lasat: Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √las (धातु) + śatṛ (शतृ)
• Form: वर्तमान-कृदन्त (Present active participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग रूपे समासपूर्वपद, द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘shining’ (qualifies mukhāravindam)

• mukha-aravindam: lotus-like face
• mukha-aravindam: Karma (कर्म/Object; appositional descriptor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mukha (प्रातिपदिक) + aravinda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (‘अरविन्दम् इव मुखम्’), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• parimṛṣṭa-kuṇḍalam: with polished earrings
• parimṛṣṭa-kuṇḍalam: Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pari-√mṛṣ (धातु) + kta (क्त) + kuṇḍala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (‘परिमृष्टे कुण्डले’), नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग (tam-विशेषण), द्वितीया, एकवचन

• su-vismitāḥ: greatly astonished
• su-vismitāḥ: Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: su (अव्यय) + vismita (प्रातिपदिक; √smi + kta)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास (सु + विस्मित), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषण (of sarvāḥ/vraja-striyaḥ)

• kaḥ: who?
• kaḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; प्रश्नवाचक

• ayam: this (man)
• ayam: Karta (कर्ता/Subject complement)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• apīvya-darśanaḥ: of very pleasing appearance
• apīvya-darśanaḥ: Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: apīvya (प्रातिपदिक) + darśana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (‘अपīvyaṃ darśanam yasya’/‘apīvya-darśana’), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• kutaḥ: from where
• kutaḥ: Apadana (अपादान/Source)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kutaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (interrogative adverb: ‘from where/whence’)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (conjunction)

• kasya: of whom
• kasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन; प्रश्नवाचक

• acyuta-veṣa-bhūṣaṇaḥ: adorned in Acyuta’s attire and ornaments
• acyuta-veṣa-bhūṣaṇaḥ: Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: acyuta (प्रातिपदिक) + veṣa (प्रातिपदिक) + bhūṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी: ‘अच्युतस्य वेष-भूषणम्’/‘acyuta-veṣa-bhūṣaṇa’), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Quotation marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (quotative particle)

• sma: indeed/then (narrative particle)
• sma: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sma (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle indicating past narration/emphasis)

• sarvāḥ: all (of them)
• sarvāḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• parivavruḥ: surrounded
• parivavruḥ: Kriya (क्रिया/Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pari-√vṛ (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, बहुवचन

• utsukāḥ: eager/curious
• utsukāḥ: Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: utsuka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषण (of sarvāḥ)

• tam: him
• tam: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• uttamaḥ-śloka-padāmbuja-āśrayam: one sheltered at the lotus feet of the Lord of sublime praise
• uttamaḥ-śloka-padāmbuja-āśrayam: Karma (कर्म/Object; apposition to tam)
• Type: Noun
• Root: uttamaḥ-śloka (प्रातिपदिक) + pada (प्रातिपदिक) + ambuja (प्रातिपदिक) + āśraya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुपद-तत्पुरुष-समास: ‘उत्तमश्लोकस्य पदाम्बुजस्य आश्रयः’ (one who has taken refuge at the lotus-feet of the Lord), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

Characters & Entities

• Śukadeva Gosvāmī
• Kṛṣṇa (Acyuta, Uttamaḥśloka)
• Vraja-striyaḥ (the gopīs of Vraja)
• Kṛṣṇa’s messenger/attendant (commonly identified in context as Uddhava)

FAQs

Who is the ‘Kṛṣṇānucara’ (Krishna’s attendant) described in Bhagavatam 10.47.1–2?

He is Kṛṣṇa’s attendant/messenger who comes to Vraja wearing Kṛṣṇa-like dress and ornaments; in the chapter’s narrative context, this refers to Uddhava, sent by Kṛṣṇa to the gopīs.

Why do the gopīs ask, “Who is this handsome person wearing Acyuta’s ornaments?”

Because the messenger resembles Kṛṣṇa in appearance and attire, and his Kṛṣṇa-like ornaments immediately awaken their intense remembrance of Acyuta, making them eager to know his identity and purpose.

What is the practical lesson of Bhagavatam 10.47.1–2 for modern devotional life?

Even external reminders of the Lord can awaken deep remembrance; cultivating sādhana that increases smaraṇa (remembrance) and taking shelter of Kṛṣṇa’s lotus feet turns curiosity and emotion into steady bhakti.