Shloka 2

Kṛṣṇa’s Daily Life in Dvārakā; the Captive Kings’ Appeal; Nārada Announces the Rājasūya

Devanagari script

वयांस्यरोरुवन्कृष्णं बोधयन्तीव वन्दिन: । गायत्स्वलिष्वनिद्राणि मन्दारवनवायुभि: ॥ २ ॥

Transliteration

vayāṁsy aroruvan kṛṣṇaṁ bodhayantīva vandinaḥ gāyatsv aliṣv anidrāṇi mandāra-vana-vāyubhiḥ

Translation

Le bourdonnement des abeilles, porté par la brise parfumée du jardin de pārijāta, réveilla les oiseaux de leur sommeil. Et lorsque les oiseaux se mirent à chanter à pleine voix, ils semblaient des poètes de cour éveillant Śrī Kṛṣṇa en proclamant Ses gloires.

Synonyms

• vayāṁsi: birds
• vayāṁsi: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vayas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural

• aroruvan: cried out, warbled
• aroruvan: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √ru (धातु)
• Form: Imperfect (लङ्), Parasmaipada, 3rd person (प्रथम-पुरुष), Plural; intensive/reduplicated stem (रोरुवन्)

• kṛṣṇam: Krishna
• kṛṣṇam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṛṣṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular

• bodhayantī: awakening (him)
• bodhayantī: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √budh (धातु) + bodhayantī (कृदन्त; शतृ-प्रत्यय, causative present active participle)
• Form: Causative (णिच्) present active participle (शतृ), Feminine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; used adverbially with iva: ‘as if awakening’

• iva: as if
• iva: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/comparison)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iva (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; simile particle (उपमार्थक-निपात)

• vandinaḥ: praisers, bards
• vandinaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vandin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural; ‘bards/praisers’

• gāyat-su: while singing
• gāyat-su: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/locative absolute)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √gai (धातु) + gāyat (कृदन्त; शतृ)
• Form: Present active participle (शतृ) in Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Plural (सप्तमी-बहुवचन) as part of locative absolute with aliṣu: ‘while (they) were singing’

• aliṣu: among the bees
• aliṣu: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ali (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Plural; ‘among bees’ (locative absolute with gāyatsu)

• anidrāṇi: sleepless, wakeful
• anidrāṇi: Karma (कर्म/qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: anidra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Plural; qualifies (implicit) ‘songs/sounds’ or ‘(times) sleepless’; used predicatively with context

• mandāra-vana-vāyubhiḥ: by the breezes from the mandāra grove
• mandāra-vana-vāyubhiḥ: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mandāra (प्रातिपदिक) + vana (प्रातिपदिक) + vāyu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Plural; तत्पुरुष: ‘by the breezes of the mandāra-grove’

Characters & Entities

• Kṛṣṇa

FAQs

What does the Srimad Bhagavatam say about nature glorifying Krishna?

This verse depicts birds and bees acting like bards, their calls and humming becoming spontaneous praise that seems to awaken Lord Kṛṣṇa—showing that all creation can participate in bhakti.

Why does Śukadeva Gosvāmī describe birds and bees as ‘vandinaḥ’ (bards)?

To convey that devotion is not limited to humans: even the sounds of nature can function like formal hymns, glorifying Kṛṣṇa and setting the devotional atmosphere of His daily pastimes.

Practical application of this shloka in modern life?

Begin the day by consciously turning ordinary sounds and routines into remembrance of God—treating the morning as a time for praise, gratitude, and devotional focus.