Shloka 21
Kṛṣṇa’s Queens, Their Sons, and Balarāma’s Victory over Rukmī at Dice
Aniruddha–Rocanā Marriage Context
अनागतमतीतं च वर्तमानमतीन्द्रियम् । विप्रकृष्टं व्यवहितं सम्यक् पश्यन्ति योगिन: ॥ २१ ॥
anāgatam atītaṁ ca vartamānam atīndriyam viprakṛṣṭaṁ vyavahitaṁ samyak paśyanti yoginaḥ
Para yogī mistik dapat melihat dengan sempurna apa yang belum terjadi, juga yang lampau dan yang sedang berlangsung, melampaui pancaindera; bahkan yang jauh atau terhalang oleh rintangan jasmani.
Here King Parīkṣit encourages Śukadeva Gosvāmī to explain why Rukmī gave his daughter to Lord Kṛṣṇa’s son Pradyumna. The King stresses that since great yogīs like Śukadeva Gosvāmī know everything, the sage must also know this and should explain it to the anxious King.
FAQs
This verse says perfected yogīs can properly perceive the future, the past, and even the present that is beyond sense perception, including things that are distant or hidden.
Śukadeva explains the extraordinary capacities of accomplished yogīs—knowledge beyond ordinary senses—within the narrative flow of Canto 10, highlighting how spiritual discipline can yield subtle perception.
Use the principle as a call to refine awareness through sādhana—truthfulness, self-control, prayer and meditation—so decisions are guided less by impulse and more by clarity and higher understanding.