Shloka 22

Devanagari script

तेषां प्रजाविसर्गश्च स्थविष्ठ: सम्भविष्यति । वासुदेवे भगवति सत्त्वमूर्तौ हृदि स्थिते ॥ २२ ॥

Transliteration

teṣāṁ prajā-visargaś ca sthaviṣṭhaḥ sambhaviṣyati vāsudeve bhagavati sattva-mūrtau hṛdi sthite

Translation

Cuando el Señor Vāsudeva, el Bhagavān en Su forma de bondad (sattva), se establezca en sus corazones, la generación de descendencia será abundantísima y la tierra volverá a poblarse copiosamente.

Synonyms

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन (Plural); सर्वनाम (pronoun)

• प्रजा-विसर्गः: the creation/production of progeny
• प्रजा-विसर्गः: कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रजा (प्रातिपदिक) + विसर्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (genitive determinative): प्रजायाः विसर्गः

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय (connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• स्थविष्ठः: very strong/robust
• स्थविष्ठः: विशेषण (of कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्थविष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक; स्थूल-शब्दस्य अतिशय/सुपरलेटिव)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण (adjective)

• सम्भविष्यति: will arise/come to be
• सम्भविष्यति: क्रिया (Verb/Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular); परस्मैपद

• वासुदेवे: in Vāsudeva
• वासुदेवे: अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa/Locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वासुदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन (Singular)

• भगवति: in the Lord
• भगवति: अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa/Locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन (Singular); विशेष्य-समनाधिकरण (apposition to वासुदेवे)

• सत्त्व-मूर्तौ: in the form of goodness (sattva)
• सत्त्व-मूर्तौ: अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa/Locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्त्व (प्रातिपदिक) + मूर्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन (Singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः: सत्त्वस्य मूर्तिः

• हृदि: in the heart
• हृदि: अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa/Locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हृद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन (Singular)

• स्थिते: situated (being)
• स्थिते: अधिकरण (Locative absolute/सप्तमी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्था (धातु) → स्थित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन (Singular); भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle, PPP); विशेषण—(वासुदेवे/भगवति/सत्त्वमूर्तौ) हृदि स्थिते = ‘when/while situated in the heart’ (locative absolute nuance)

Characters & Entities

• Vāsudeva (Kṛṣṇa)

FAQs

What does the Srimad Bhagavatam say about Vāsudeva residing in the heart?

This verse says that when Vāsudeva—the Lord who is the embodiment of pure goodness—is situated in the heart, auspicious results manifest, here described as abundant expansion of progeny.

Why did Śukadeva Gosvāmī speak about Vāsudeva in the context of Kali-yuga symptoms?

In describing Kali-yuga’s conditions, Śukadeva also points to the deeper spiritual principle: inner devotion and the Lord’s presence in the heart can generate auspicious strength and continuity even amid decline.

Practical application of keeping Vāsudeva in the heart in modern life?

Cultivate remembrance of Kṛṣṇa through nāma-japa, hearing Bhāgavatam, and sāttvika habits; the mind becomes steadier and one’s family and responsibilities can be carried with greater purity and purpose.