Shloka 38

Bhakti as the Easy and Supreme Yoga: Seeing Kṛṣṇa in All and Uddhava’s Departure to Badarikāśrama

Devanagari script

प्रत्यर्पितो मे भवतानुकम्पिना भृत्याय विज्ञानमय: प्रदीप: । हित्वा कृतज्ञस्तव पादमूलं कोऽन्यं समीयाच्छरणं त्वदीयम् ॥ ३८ ॥

Transliteration

pratyarpito me bhavatānukampinā bhṛtyāya vijñāna-mayaḥ pradīpaḥ hitvā kṛta-jñas tava pāda-mūlaṁ ko ’nyaṁ samīyāc charaṇaṁ tvadīyam

Translation

သင်၏ ကရုဏာကြောင့် ကျွန်ုပ်၏ အနည်းငယ်သော အပ်နှံမှုကို ပြန်လည်တုံ့ပြန်သကဲ့သို့၊ သင်၏ ကျွန်ဖြစ်သော ကျွန်ုပ်အား အလွန်မြင့်မြတ်သော ဉာဏ်အလင်းတော် မီးအိမ်ကို ပေးအပ်ခဲ့သည်။ ထို့ကြောင့် ကျေးဇူးသိတတ်သော သင်၏ ဘက္တသည် သင်၏ ကြာပန်းတော်ခြေကို စွန့်၍ အခြားသခင်၏ အရိပ်အာဝါသကို မည်သို့ ရှာနိုင်မည်နည်း။

Synonyms

• pratyarpitaḥ: has been bestowed
• pratyarpitaḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: prati+√arp (अर्प् धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्यय (past passive participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• me: to me
• me: Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान/Recipient)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी (Dative), एकवचन; enclitic

• bhavatā: by you
• bhavatā: Karaṇa/Kartṛ (करण/कर्तृ in passive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhavat (भवत्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instrumental), एकवचन

• anukampinā: compassionate
• anukampinā: Karaṇa-anvaya (करण-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: anukampin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (compassionate)

• bhṛtyāya: to (your) servant
• bhṛtyāya: Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान/Beneficiary)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhṛtya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (Dative), एकवचन

• vijñāna-mayaḥ: made of knowledge
• vijñāna-mayaḥ: Karta-anvaya (कर्ता-विशेषण of pradīpaḥ)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vijñāna (प्रातिपदिक) + maya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; 'विज्ञानमय' = विज्ञानरूपः/विज्ञानेन निर्मितः (consisting of knowledge)

• pradīpaḥ: lamp
• pradīpaḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pradīpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• hitvā: having abandoned
• hitvā: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकाल-क्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: √hā (हा धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund)

• kṛta-jñaḥ: a grateful person
• kṛta-jñaḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kṛta (कृदन्त, √kṛ/कृ धातु) + jña (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः—'कृतं जानाति' (grateful)

• tava: your
• tava: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (Genitive), एकवचन

• pāda-mūlam: the base of (your) feet
• pāda-mūlam: Karma (कर्म/Object of hitvā)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāda (प्रातिपदिक) + mūla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; 'पादस्य मूलम्' (root/base of the feet) षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः

• kaḥ: who?
• kaḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject of samīyāt)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; प्रश्नवाचक

• anyam: another
• anyam: Karma (कर्म/Object—other (refuge))
• Type: Noun
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• samīyāt: would approach
• samīyāt: Kriya (क्रिया/Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam+√i (इ धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• śaraṇam: refuge
• śaraṇam: Karma (कर्म/Object of samīyāt)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śaraṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• tvadīyam: your
• tvadīyam: Karma-anvaya (कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tvadīya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (belonging to you)

Characters & Entities

• Uddhava
• Sri Krishna

FAQs

What does Srimad Bhagavatam say about taking shelter of Krishna’s lotus feet?

This verse declares that once Krishna mercifully grants realized knowledge, a truly grateful devotee will not abandon the shelter of His lotus feet to seek refuge elsewhere.

Why did Uddhava say this to Sri Krishna in Canto 11?

In the concluding teachings (Uddhava Gita), Uddhava acknowledges Krishna’s compassion in granting him spiritual illumination and expresses unwavering resolve to remain surrendered to Krishna alone.

Practical application of sharanagati (surrender) in modern life according to this shloka?

Stay steady in one authentic spiritual shelter—serve, remember, and follow the Lord’s guidance with gratitude—rather than chasing multiple “refuges” for peace and meaning.