Srimad Bhagavatam — Prathama Skandha, Shloka 20

Inauspicious Omens and Arjuna’s Return from Dvārakā

Devanagari script

दैवतानि रुदन्तीव स्विद्यन्ति ह्युच्चलन्ति च । इमे जनपदा ग्रामा: पुरोद्यानाकराश्रमा: । भ्रष्टश्रियो निरानन्दा: किमघं दर्शयन्ति न: ॥ २० ॥

Transliteration

daivatāni rudantīva svidyanti hy uccalanti ca ime jana-padā grāmāḥ purodyānākarāśramāḥ bhraṣṭa-śriyo nirānandāḥ kim aghaṁ darśayanti naḥ

Translation

મંદિરોમાં દેવતાઓ જાણે રડી રહ્યા હોય, પરસેવો છૂટતો હોય અને જાણે ઊઠીને ચાલ્યા જવા તૈયાર હોય. શહેરો-ગામો, બાગો, ખાણો અને આશ્રમો સૌ શોભાહીન અને આનંદવિહોણા થયા છે. કયું અનિષ્ટ આપણને સૂચવે છે?

Synonyms

• daivatāni: the deities
• daivatāni: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: daivata (दैवत प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• rudanti: cry
• rudanti: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: rud (रुद् धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• iva: as if
• iva: Sambandha (सम्बन्धः)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iva (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमार्थक-अव्यय (particle of comparison)

• svidyanti: sweat
• svidyanti: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: svid (स्विद् धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• hi: indeed
• hi: Sambandha (सम्बन्धः)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic/indeed)

• uccalanti: move about/are agitated
• uccalanti: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ut + cal (उत्-चल् धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्धः)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• ime: these
• ime: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (इदम् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (Pronoun), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• jana-padāḥ: countries/regions
• jana-padāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jana (जन प्रातिपदिक) + pada (पद प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी: 'जनानां पदाः' → 'countries/regions'), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• grāmāḥ: villages
• grāmāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: grāma (ग्राम प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• pura-udyāna-ākara-āśramāḥ: towns, gardens, mines, and hermitages
• pura-udyāna-ākara-āśramāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pura (पुर) + udyāna (उद्यान) + ākara (आकर) + āśrama (आश्रम)
• Form: समाहार/इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व-समास (enumerative: towns, gardens, mines, hermitages), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• bhraṣṭa-śriyaḥ: having lost prosperity
• bhraṣṭa-śriyaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषणम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bhraṣṭa (भ्रष्ट कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक) + śrī (श्री प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुव्रीहि-समास ('येषां श्रीः भ्रष्टा' = whose prosperity is lost), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• nirānandāḥ: joyless
• nirānandāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषणम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nir-ānanda (निरानन्द प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उपसर्ग-युक्त-तत्पुरुष ('निर्' = without), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• kim: what
• kim: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim (किम् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (Interrogative pronoun), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• agham: evil/misfortune
• agham: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: agha (अघ प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• darśayanti: show/indicate
• darśayanti: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dṛś (दृश् धातु) [णिच् causative: दर्शय-]
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन (Plural), णिच्-प्रत्यय (Causative)

• naḥ: to us/for us
• naḥ: Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (अस्मद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (Pronoun), षष्ठी/चतुर्थी-एकवचन (Genitive/Dative singular enclitic: 'of us/to us')

Characters & Entities

• Arjuna
• Lord Krishna

FAQs

What does Srimad Bhagavatam say about omens after Lord Krishna’s disappearance?

In this verse Arjuna observes widespread inauspicious signs—deities seeming to weep and places losing their beauty—indicating a great calamity connected with Krishna’s departure.

Why did Arjuna speak about deities crying and the land losing its splendor?

Returning and sensing that something is terribly wrong, Arjuna interprets the unnatural omens and the joyless atmosphere as signals of a major loss—soon understood as Lord Krishna’s disappearance.

How can this verse be applied in modern life?

It teaches attentiveness to spiritual decline: when devotion and divine remembrance fade, life feels joyless—so one should restore spiritual practice and seek Krishna’s shelter.