Shloka 26
Akrūra’s Mission: The Departure from Vraja and the Yamunā Vision of Viṣṇu-Ananta
मैतद्विधस्याकरुणस्य नाम भू- दक्रूर इत्येतदतीव दारुण: । योऽसावनाश्वास्य सुदु:खितं जनं प्रियात्प्रियं नेष्यति पारमध्वन: ॥ २६ ॥
maitad-vidhasyākaruṇasya nāma bhūd akrūra ity etad atīva dāruṇaḥ yo ’sāv anāśvāsya su-duḥkhitam janaṁ priyāt priyaṁ neṣyati pāram adhvanaḥ
このように慈悲なき行いをする者が、どうして「アクルーラ（非残酷）」と呼ばれようか。彼はあまりにも残忍だ。ヴラジャの悲嘆する人々を慰めもせず、命より愛しいシュリー・クリシュナを遠い旅路へ連れ去ってゆく。
FAQs
Because he is about to take Kṛṣṇa away from Vraja without first consoling the gopīs and other residents who are overwhelmed by separation.
Akrūra literally means “not cruel,” and the gopīs say the name feels ironic because his mission will cause them intense pain of separation from Kṛṣṇa.
It teaches the depth of loving attachment to God: even separation becomes devotion—remembering Kṛṣṇa intensely, expressing one’s heart honestly, and holding firmly to remembrance when circumstances feel like loss.