Shloka 4

Draupadī Meets Kṛṣṇa’s Queens — Narratives of the Lord’s Marriages and the Queens’ Bhakti

Devanagari script

हि त्वात्मधामविधुतात्मकृतत्र्यवस्था- मानन्दसम्प्लवमखण्डमकुण्ठबोधम् । कालोपसृष्टनिगमावन आत्तयोग- मायाकृतिं परमहंसगतिं नता: स्म ॥ ४ ॥

Transliteration

hi tvātma dhāma-vidhutātma-kṛta-try-avasthām ānanda-samplavam akhaṇḍam akuṇṭha-bodham kālopasṛṣṭa-nigamāvana ātta-yoga- māyākṛtiṁ paramahaṁsa-gatiṁ natāḥ sma

Translation

അങ്ങയുടെ സ്വധാമ-സ്വരൂപത്തിന്റെ ദീപ്തി ഭൗതികചേതനയുടെ ത്രിവിധാവസ്ഥകളെ നീക്കുന്നു; അങ്ങയുടെ കൃപയാൽ ഞങ്ങൾ അഖണ്ഡാനന്ദപ്രവാഹത്തിൽ മുങ്ങുന്നു. അങ്ങയുടെ ജ്ഞാനം അവിഭാജ്യവും നിയന്ത്രണമില്ലാത്തതുമാണ്. കാലം ഭീഷണിപ്പെടുത്തിയ വേദങ്ങളെ രക്ഷിക്കാൻ അങ്ങ് യോഗമായാശക്തിയാൽ ഈ മനുഷ്യരൂപം ധരിച്ചു. പരമഹംസരുടെ പരമഗതിയായ അങ്ങേക്കു ഞങ്ങൾ നമസ്കരിക്കുന്നു.

Synonyms

• hi: indeed; for
• hi: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle (निपात), causal/emphatic ‘indeed/for’

• tvat: your
• tvat: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tva(d) (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pronoun stem in compound (त्वत्-), ‘your’

• ātma-dhāma-vidhuta-ātma-kṛta-tri-avasthām: (that) which has cast off the three self-made states by Your own abode
• ātma-dhāma-vidhuta-ātma-kṛta-tri-avasthām: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ātman (प्रातिपदिक) + dhāman (प्रातिपदिक) + vidhuta (कृदन्त, vi√dhū + क्त) + ātman (प्रातिपदिक) + kṛta (कृदन्त, √kṛ + क्त) + tri (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + avasthā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); बहुपद-तत्पुरुष: ‘(having) the three states (tri-avasthā) created by the self (ātma-kṛta) shaken off (vidhuta) by your own abode (tvat-ātma-dhāma)’; qualifying an implied ‘gatiṁ/kṛtiṁ’ (object of ‘natāḥ’)

• ānanda-samplavam: a flood of bliss
• ānanda-samplavam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ānanda (प्रातिपदिक) + samplava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); ‘flood/overflow of bliss’

• akhaṇḍam: unbroken; undivided
• akhaṇḍam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: akhaṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); qualifying ‘samplavam’

• akuṇṭha-bodham: unfailing knowledge
• akuṇṭha-bodham: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: akuṇṭha (प्रातिपदिक) + bodha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); कर्मधारय: ‘unimpeded knowledge/awareness’

• kāla-upasṛṣṭa-nigama-āvane: in protecting the Vedas when assailed by time
• kāla-upasṛṣṭa-nigama-āvane: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāla (प्रातिपदिक) + upasṛṣṭa (कृदन्त, upa√sṛj + क्त) + nigama (प्रातिपदिक) + avana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन); ‘in the protection (āvana) of the Vedas (nigama) assailed/overcome (upasṛṣṭa) by time (kāla)’

• ātta-yoga-māyā-kṛtim: the assumed form of yogic māyā
• ātta-yoga-māyā-kṛtim: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ātta (कृदन्त, ā√dā + क्त) + yoga (प्रातिपदिक) + māyā (प्रातिपदिक) + kṛti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); ‘form/manifestation (kṛti) of yogic māyā taken up (ātta)’

• paramahaṁsa-gatim: the supreme-swan (paramahaṁsa) state/goal
• paramahaṁsa-gatim: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: paramahaṁsa (प्रातिपदिक) + gati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); ‘the path/state of the paramahaṁsas’

• natāḥ: (we) have bowed
• natāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √nam (धातु) + kta (कृत्)
• Form: Past passive participle used as finite sense, Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); ‘bowed down’

• sma: indeed; (past marker)
• sma: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sma (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle (निपात) indicating past/recollection with participle/verb

Purport

Simply by the effulgent light emanating from the beautiful form of Lord Kṛṣṇa, one’s intelligence is purified of all material contamination, and thus the soul’s various entanglements in the modes of goodness, passion and ignorance are dispelled. “How then,” the Lord’s relatives imply, “can we ever suffer misfortune? We are always immersed in absolute happiness.” This is their answer to His inquiry about their welfare.

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Kṛṣṇa
• paramahaṁsas
• Vedas (Nigamas)

FAQs

What does the Srimad Bhagavatam say about Yogamaya and Krishna taking a form?

This verse says Kṛṣṇa assumes a form through His own yogamāyā—His divine internal potency—especially to protect sacred revelation (the Vedas) when it is threatened by time’s influence.

Why do Krishna’s queens praise Him as the protector of the Vedas in Canto 10?

In their prayer they recognize that as time (kāla) obscures and disrupts dharma and Vedic understanding, Kṛṣṇa manifests to preserve and reestablish Vedic truth and its living practice.

How can the idea of “unbroken bliss and unobstructed knowledge” be applied in modern life?

The verse points to Kṛṣṇa as the stable source of clarity and joy beyond changing circumstances; practically, one cultivates steadiness through bhakti—regular hearing, chanting, and remembrance—so the mind is less ruled by time, anxiety, and self-made conditioning.