Shloka 28

Akrūra’s Mission: The Departure from Vraja and the Yamunā Vision of Viṣṇu-Ananta

Devanagari script

निवारयाम: समुपेत्य माधवं किं नोऽकरिष्यन् कुलवृद्धबान्धवा: । मुकुन्दसङ्गान्निमिषार्धदुस्त्यजाद् दैवेन विध्वंसितदीनचेतसाम् ॥ २८ ॥

Transliteration

nivārayāmaḥ samupetya mādhavaṁ kiṁ no ’kariṣyan kula-vṛddha-bāndhavāḥ mukunda-saṅgān nimiṣārdha-dustyajād daivena vidhvaṁsita-dīna-cetasām

Translation

さあ、直接マーダヴァのもとへ行き、引き止めよう。家の長老や親族が私たちに何ができるというのか。ムクンダの交わりは、まばたき半分の間さえ捨てられない。運命が彼を引き離す今、私たちの心はすでに哀れに打ち砕かれている。

Synonyms

• nivārayāmaḥ: we shall stop / we stop
• nivārayāmaḥ: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ni-vṛ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, उत्तमपुरुष, बहुवचन; णिच्-प्रयोग (causative) “we restrain/stop”

• samupetya: having approached
• samupetya: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-upa-i (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त (absolutive/gerund) “having approached”

• mādhavam: Mādhava (Krishna)
• mādhavam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mādhava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विष्णु/कृष्ण-नाम

• kim: what
• kim: Karma (कर्म/idiomatic: what could...)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया/प्रथमा, एकवचन; प्रश्नार्थक “what?”

• naḥ: for us
• naḥ: Sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/genitive) बहुवचन; “of us/our”

• akariṣyan: would do
• akariṣyan: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लृङ् (Conditional), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; “would do”

• kula-vṛddha-bāndhavāḥ: the elder kinsmen
• kula-vṛddha-bāndhavāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kula + vṛddha + bāndhava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष-समासः (कुलस्य वृद्धाः बान्धवाः) “elder relatives of the family”

• mukunda-saṅgāt: from Mukunda’s company
• mukunda-saṅgāt: Apādāna (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mukunda + saṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/ablative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः “from association with Mukunda”

• nimiṣa-ardha-dustyajāt: hard to give up even for half a moment
• nimiṣa-ardha-dustyajāt: Apādāna (अपादान/qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nimiṣa + ardha + dustyaja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः “hard to give up even for half a blink” (qualifying saṅgāt)

• daivena: by fate
• daivena: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: daiva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/instrumental), एकवचन; “by fate”

• vidhvaṁsita-dīna-cetasām: of us whose hearts are crushed and miserable
• vidhvaṁsita-dīna-cetasām: Sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vidhvaṁsita + dīna + cetas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/genitive), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः/बहुपद-समासः “of those whose minds are wretched and ruined”

Purport

Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī describes what the gopīs thought: “Let us go right up to Kṛṣṇa and pull at His clothes and hands and insist that He get down from His chariot and stay here with us. We will tell Him, ‘Don’t bring upon Yourself the sinful reaction for murdering so many women!’”

Characters & Entities

• Mādhava
• Mukunda

FAQs

What does the Srimad Bhagavatam say about not being able to give up Krishna even for a moment?

This verse shows the gopis’ absorption in Krishna: Mukunda’s association is so essential to their life and consciousness that abandoning it even for half a moment feels impossible.

Why do the gopis say they will go and stop Madhava despite fear of elders and relatives?

Overpowered by love and separation, they feel social obstacles are insignificant compared to their need to be with Krishna; their hearts, “crushed by fate,” can no longer tolerate distance from Him.

Practical application of the gopis’ mood of attachment to Mukunda in modern life?

Cultivate steady remembrance of Krishna through daily sādhana (hearing, chanting, prayer) so that spiritual connection becomes your main support even amid external pressures.