Shloka 7

Balarāma Visits Vraja: Consoling the Gopīs and Dragging the Yamunā

Devanagari script

कच्चिन्नो बान्धवा राम सर्वे कुशलमासते । कच्चित् स्मरथ नो राम यूयं दारसुतान्विता: ॥ ७ ॥

Transliteration

kaccin no bāndhavā rāma sarve kuśalam āsate kaccit smaratha no rāma yūyaṁ dāra-sutānvitāḥ

Translation

[Para gembala berkata:] “Wahai Rāma, adakah semua kaum kerabat kami berada dalam keadaan sejahtera? Dan wahai Rāma, adakah kalian semua—bersama isteri dan anak-anak—masih mengingati kami?”

Synonyms

• कच्चित्: is it so? / I hope
• कच्चित्: Vākyaprayojaka (वाक्य-प्रयोगक/interrogative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कच्चित् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (interrogative particle): ‘किम् नु?’ = whether/indeed?

• नः: our
• नः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी/Genitive, बहुवचन/Plural (enclitic)

• बान्धवाः: kinsmen, relatives
• बान्धवाः: Karta (कर्ता/subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बान्धव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/Masculine, प्रथमा/Nominative, बहुवचन/Plural

• राम: O Rama
• राम: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन/Vocative, एकवचन

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/Nominative, बहुवचन; विशेषण of बान्धवाः

• कुशलम्: well-being
• कुशलम्: Karma (कर्म/object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुशल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/Neuter, द्वितीया/Accusative, एकवचन; predicate-object sense ‘well-being’

• आसते: are / remain
• आसते: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आस् (धातु)
• Form: लट्/Present, प्रथमपुरुष/3rd person, बहुवचन/Plural, आत्मनेपद

• कच्चित्: I hope / whether
• कच्चित्: Vākyaprayojaka (वाक्य-प्रयोगक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कच्चित् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (interrogative particle)

• स्मरथ: you remember
• स्मरथ: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्मृ (धातु)
• Form: लट्/Present, मध्यमपुरुष/2nd person, बहुवचन/Plural, परस्मैपद

• नः: us
• नः: Karma (कर्म/object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, द्वितीया/Accusative, बहुवचन/Plural (enclitic)

• राम: O Rama
• राम: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन/Vocative, एकवचन

• यूयम्: you (all)
• यूयम्: Karta (कर्ता/subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, प्रथमा/Nominative, बहुवचन/Plural

• दार-सुत-अन्विताः: accompanied by wives and sons
• दार-सुत-अन्विताः: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दार (प्रातिपदिक) + सुत (प्रातिपदिक) + अन्वित (प्रातिपदिक; from धातु अन्वि/इ)
• Form: तत्पुरुष: ‘दारैः सुतैश्च अन्विताः’ = accompanied by wives and sons; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/Nominative, बहुवचन; qualifies यूयम्

Characters & Entities

• Balarama (Rama)

FAQs

What does Srimad Bhagavatam say about devotees remembering Krishna and Balarama during separation?

This verse shows the intimate, personal bond of Vraja’s devotees: even in distance, their love expresses itself as concern for well-being and a longing to be remembered—an example of bhakti deepened through separation (viraha).

Why do the Vraja relatives address Balarama as ‘Rama’ and ask if he remembers them?

They lovingly address Balarama as Rāma and, feeling the pain of long separation, ask whether he (with his family) still holds them in his heart—revealing the familial, affectionate mood (vātsalya/sneha) central to Vraja-bhakti.

How can this shloka be applied in modern devotional life?

It teaches heartfelt relationship in devotion: regularly remember the Lord and His devotees, inquire about their welfare, and keep bonds of spiritual family alive even when physically distant.