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Shloka 22

Rāsa-līlā Begins; Divine Multiplication; Moral Doubt and Its Resolution

Devanagari script

ताभिर्युत: श्रममपोहितुमङ्गसङ्ग- घृष्टस्रज: स कुचकुङ्कुमरञ्जिताया: । गन्धर्वपालिभिरनुद्रुत आविशद् वा: श्रान्तो गजीभिरिभराडिव भिन्नसेतु: ॥ २२ ॥

Transliteration

tābhir yutaḥ śramam apohitum aṅga-saṅga- ghṛṣṭa-srajaḥ sa kuca-kuṅkuma-rañjitāyāḥ gandharva-pālibhir anudruta āviśad vāḥ śrānto gajībhir ibha-rāḍ iva bhinna-setuḥ

Translation

ゴーピーたちとの愛の戯れで押しつぶされた主クリシュナの花輪は、彼女らの胸のクンクマに染まっていた。彼女らの疲れを払うため、クリシュナはヤムナーの水に入られ、最上のガンダルヴァのように歌う蜂たちが素早く後に従った。伴侶とともに水に入って憩う威厳ある象王のごとく見え、まことに主は、強大な象が田の堤を破るように、世俗とヴェーダの規範をも超越された。

Synonyms
ताभिःwith them
ताभिः:
Sahakāraka (सह; accompaniment)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन
युतःaccompanied
युतः:
Karta (कर्ता; predicate of सः)
TypeAdjective
Rootयुत (प्रातिपदिक; √युज् + क्त)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; past participle ‘joined/companioned’
श्रमम्fatigue
श्रमम्:
Karma (कर्म; object of अपोहितुम्)
TypeNoun
Rootश्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन
अपोहितुम्to dispel
अपोहितुम्:
Prayojana (प्रयोजन; purpose)
TypeVerb
Rootअप + ऊह्/ऊह (धातु; √ऊह् ‘to remove/drive away’)
Formतुमुन्-प्रत्यय (infinitive), ‘to remove’; उपसर्ग: अप-
अङ्ग-सङ्ग-घृष्ट-स्रजःwhose garland was rubbed by bodily contact
अङ्ग-सङ्ग-घृष्ट-स्रजः:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootअङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक) + सङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक) + घृष्ट (प्रातिपदिक; √घृष् + क्त) + स्रज् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुष (determinative): ‘garland rubbed by body-contact’; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; adjective of सः
सःhe
सः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
कुच-कुङ्कुम-रञ्जितायाःof (the water) tinged with saffron from breasts
कुच-कुङ्कुम-रञ्जितायाः:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध; genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootकुच (प्रातिपदिक) + कुङ्कुम (प्रातिपदिक) + रञ्जित (प्रातिपदिक; √रञ्ज् + क्त)
Formतत्पुरुष (determinative): ‘(water) reddened by breast-saffron’; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन; dependent genitive with वाḥ
गन्धर्व-पालिभिःby bands of Gandharvas
गन्धर्व-पालिभिः:
Karaṇa/Sahakāraka (करण/सह; by/with)
TypeNoun
Rootगन्धर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + पाली (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुष: ‘gandharvānāṁ pālyaḥ’ (groups/rows of Gandharvas); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन
अनुद्रुतःfollowed (in pursuit)
अनुद्रुतः:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण; of सः)
TypeAdjective
Rootअनु + द्रुत (प्रातिपदिक; √द्रु ‘to run’ + क्त)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘followed/pursued’; upasarga: अनु-
आविशद्he entered
आविशद्:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootआ + विश् (धातु)
Formलङ् (imperfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; उपसर्ग: आ-
वाःthe water
वाः:
Karma (कर्म; object—into the water)
TypeNoun
Rootअप्/वारि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; Vedic/poetic form for ‘water’ (वारि/आपः)
श्रान्तःtired
श्रान्तः:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootश्रान्त (प्रातिपदिक; √श्रम् + क्त)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
गजीभिःwith female elephants/elephants
गजीभिः:
Upamāna-sahakāraka (उपमान; with elephants—comparison)
TypeNoun
Rootगजी (प्रातिपदिक; ‘elephant-female/elephant’ poetic)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन
इभ-राट्the king of elephants
इभ-राट्:
Upamāna (उपमान; standard of comparison)
TypeNoun
Rootइभ (प्रातिपदिक) + राट् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुष: ‘ibhasya rāṭ’ (king of elephants); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
इवlike
इव:
Upamādyotaka (उपमाद्योतक)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव (अव्यय)
Formउपमा-अव्यय (comparative particle)
भिन्न-सेतुःwith a broken embankment
भिन्न-सेतुः:
Upamāna-dharma (उपमानधर्म; descriptive in simile)
TypeAdjective
Rootभिन्न (प्रातिपदिक; √भिद् + क्त) + सेतु (प्रातिपदिक)
Formकर्मधारय: ‘भिन्नः सेतुः’ (a broken dam/embankment); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; predicate/comparison descriptor
Characters & Entities
Ś
Śrī Kṛṣṇa
G
Gopīs

FAQs

It depicts Kṛṣṇa, accompanied by the gopīs, entering the waters to relieve fatigue, with vivid devotional imagery showing their intimate yet transcendental association.

The simile emphasizes His powerful, majestic movement as He enters the water, while also conveying the playful exhaustion after sportive pastimes with the gopīs.

By remembering that Kṛṣṇa is the center of all pure love and joy, one can redirect worldly longing into devotion—seeking spiritual refreshment through sincere bhakti and remembrance of His līlās.

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