Shloka 34
Akrūra’s Journey to Vraja and His Devotional Vision of Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma
रथात्तूर्णमवप्लुत्य सोऽक्रूर: स्नेहविह्वल: । पपात चरणोपान्ते दण्डवद् रामकृष्णयो: ॥ ३४ ॥
rathāt tūrṇam avaplutya so ’krūraḥ sneha-vihvalaḥ papāta caraṇopānte daṇḍa-vad rāma-kṛṣṇayoḥ
അക്രൂരൻ സ്നേഹവികാരത്തിൽ വിഹ്വലനായി ഉടൻ രഥത്തിൽ നിന്ന് ഇറങ്ങി ശ്രീകൃഷ്ണനും ബലരാമനുംറെ പാദങ്ങളിൽ ദണ്ഡവത് വീണു നമസ്കരിച്ചു।
FAQs
In this verse, Akrūra offers daṇḍavat—full prostration like a rod—showing complete humility, surrender, and reverence at the feet of Rāma and Kṛṣṇa.
Seeing them, Akrūra became snehavihvala—overwhelmed by loving devotion—and spontaneously expressed his surrender by bowing fully at their feet.
It teaches that true bhakti is expressed through humility and heartfelt reverence—regularly offering respectful obeisance, mentally or physically, and cultivating sincere affection for the Divine.