Shloka 24

Arjuna Marries Subhadrā; Kṛṣṇa Honors Two Devotees in Mithilā (Śrutadeva and Bahulāśva)

Devanagari script

स्वानुग्रहाय सम्प्राप्तं मन्वानौ तं जगद्गुरुम् । मैथिल: श्रुतदेवश्च पादयो: पेततु: प्रभो: ॥ २४ ॥

Transliteration

svānugrahāya samprāptaṁ manvānau taṁ jagad-gurum maithilaḥ śrutadevaś ca pādayoḥ petatuḥ prabhoḥ

Translation

മൈഥിലരാജാവും ശ്രുതദേവനും ‘ജഗദ്ഗുരു പ്രഭു എനിക്കു കൃപ കാണിക്കാനാണ് വന്നത്’ എന്നു കരുതി പ്രഭുവിന്റെ പാദങ്ങളിൽ വീണു നമസ്കരിച്ചു.

Synonyms

• sva-anugrahāya: for (their) own grace/favor
• sva-anugrahāya: Prayojana (प्रयोजन/Purpose)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sva (प्रातिपदिक) + anugraha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (svasya anugrahāya)

• samprāptam: arrived, come
• samprāptam: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: samprāpta (कृदन्त; sam-√āp)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying taṃ jagad-gurum)

• manvānau: considering (thinking)
• manvānau: Kriya (क्रिया/Participial action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: man (धातु)
• Form: शानच्-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमानकृदन्तः (present middle participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, द्विवचन; आत्मनेपदी—“मन्वानौ” (thinking/considering)

• tam: him
• tam: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• jagad-gurum: the teacher of the world
• jagad-gurum: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jagat (प्रातिपदिक) + guru (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (jagataḥ guruṃ)

• maithilaḥ: Maithila (the king of Mithilā)
• maithilaḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: maithila (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; जनपद-विशेषणात् जातिवाचकः (a man of Mithilā)

• śrutadevaḥ: Śrutadeva
• śrutadevaḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrutadeva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; व्यक्तिनाम

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-निपातः (conjunction)

• pādayoḥ: at the feet
• pādayoḥ: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), द्विवचन

• petatuḥ: they fell down
• petatuḥ: Kriya (क्रिया/Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pat (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, द्विवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• prabhoḥ: of the Lord
• prabhoḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Kṛṣṇa
• Bahulāśva (King of Mithilā)
• Śrutadeva

FAQs

What does the Srimad Bhagavatam say about receiving Krishna’s mercy (anugraha)?

This verse shows that devotees recognize Kṛṣṇa’s arrival itself as His mercy and respond with surrender—falling at His feet in humility and devotion.

Why did Śrutadeva and the King of Mithilā fall at Krishna’s feet?

They understood Kṛṣṇa to be jagad-guru, the Lord and supreme benefactor, and thus offered the natural etiquette of bhakti—full obeisance at His lotus feet.

Practical application of humility in modern life based on this shloka?

Approach saints, scripture, and God with reverence rather than entitlement—cultivating gratitude and surrender as the doorway to spiritual growth.