Shloka 49

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

Devanagari script

भवभयमपहन्तुं ज्ञानविज्ञानसारं निगमकृदुपजह्रे भृङ्गवद् वेदसारम् । अमृतमुदधितश्चापाययद् भृत्यवर्गान् पुरुषमृषभमाद्यं कृष्णसंज्ञं नतोऽस्मि ॥ ४९ ॥

Transliteration

bhava-bhayam apahantuṁ jñāna-vijñāna-sāraṁ nigama-kṛd upajahre bhṛṅga-vad veda-sāram amṛtam udadhitaś cāpāyayad bhṛtya-vargān puruṣam ṛṣabham ādyaṁ kṛṣṇa-saṁjñaṁ nato ’smi

Translation

အကျွန်ုပ်သည် အာဒိပုရုရှ၊ အမြင့်မြတ်ဆုံးသော သခင် ရှရီကృష్ణအား ဦးညွှတ်ပူဇော်ပါ၏။ ဘက္တများ၏ သံသရာကြောက်ရွံ့မှုကို ဖျက်ဆီးရန် ဝေဒရေးသားသူ သခင်သည် ပျားကဲ့သို့ ဝေဒအနှစ်သာရ—ဉာဏ်နှင့် ဝိညာဏ်၏ အမృతကို စုဆောင်း၍ အာနန္ဒသမုဒ္ဒရာမှ ထိုရသာကို သစ္စာရှိသော ဘက္တအဖွဲ့အား သောက်စေတော်မူ၏။

Synonyms

• bhava-bhayam: fear of worldly existence
• bhava-bhayam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhava (प्रातिपदिक) + bhaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napumsaka, Dvitīyā (2nd/द्वितीया), Ekavacana; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (bhavasya bhayam)

• apahantum: to remove
• apahantum: Prayojana (प्रयोजन)
• Type: Verb
• Root: apa-√han (धातु)
• Form: Tumun-anta (infinitive/तुमुन्), purpose (प्रयोजनार्थ)

• jñāna-vijñāna-sāram: the essence of knowledge and realization
• jñāna-vijñāna-sāram: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jñāna (प्रातिपदिक) + vijñāna (प्रातिपदिक) + sāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napumsaka, Dvitīyā (2nd), Ekavacana; समाहार/निर्धारण-तत्पुरुषः (jñāna-vijñānayoḥ sāraḥ)

• nigama-kṛt: the composer of the Vedas (Vyāsa)
• nigama-kṛt: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nigama (प्रातिपदिक) + kṛt (कृदन्त from √kṛ)
• Form: Puṁliṅga, Prathamā (1st/प्रथमा), Ekavacana; उपपद-तत्पुरुषः (nigamān karoti iti)

• upajahre: brought/compiled
• upajahre: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: upa-√hṛ (धातु)
• Form: Liṭ (Perfect/लिट्), Prathama-puruṣa (3rd), Ekavacana; Parasmaipada

• bhṛṅga-vat: like a bee
• bhṛṅga-vat: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: bhṛṅga (प्रातिपदिक) + vat (तद्धित)
• Form: Avyaya; उपमा-अव्यय (simile marker: ‘like’)

• veda-sāram: the essence of the Veda
• veda-sāram: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: veda (प्रातिपदिक) + sāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napumsaka, Dvitīyā (2nd), Ekavacana; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (vedasya sāraḥ)

• amṛtam: nectar/immortality-giving essence
• amṛtam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: amṛta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napumsaka, Dvitīyā (2nd), Ekavacana

• udadhitaḥ: from the ocean
• udadhitaḥ: Apādāna (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: udadhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṁliṅga, Pañcamī (5th/पञ्चमी), Ekavacana

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; samuccaya (conjunction/समुच्चय)

• apāyayat: made (them) drink / gave to drink
• apāyayat: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-√pā (धातु) with causative (णिच्)
• Form: Laṅ (Imperfect/लङ्), Prathama-puruṣa (3rd), Ekavacana; Parasmaipada; णिच्-प्रयोग (causative)

• bhṛtya-vargān: the groups of servants/devotees
• bhṛtya-vargān: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhṛtya (प्रातिपदिक) + varga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṁliṅga, Dvitīyā (2nd), Bahuvacana; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (bhṛtyānāṁ vargaḥ)

• puruṣam: the Supreme Person
• puruṣam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: puruṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṁliṅga, Dvitīyā (2nd), Ekavacana

• ṛṣabham: the best/bull (chief)
• ṛṣabham: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ṛṣabha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṁliṅga, Dvitīyā (2nd), Ekavacana

• ādyam: the primordial/first
• ādyam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ādya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṁliṅga, Dvitīyā (2nd), Ekavacana; viśeṣaṇa of puruṣam

• kṛṣṇa-saṁjñam: named ‘Kṛṣṇa’
• kṛṣṇa-saṁjñam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kṛṣṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + saṁjñā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṁliṅga, Dvitīyā (2nd), Ekavacana; बहुव्रीहि-सदृशार्थे नामधारक-तत्पुरुषः (kṛṣṇa iti saṁjñā yasya)

• nataḥ: bowed/prostrated
• nataḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √nam (धातु)
• Form: Kta (past passive participle/क्त), Puṁliṅga, Prathamā (1st), Ekavacana; used predicatively with asmi

• asmi: I am
• asmi: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √as (धातु)
• Form: Laṭ (Present/लट्), Uttama-puruṣa (1st), Ekavacana; Parasmaipada

Purport

Just as a bee extracts nectar from a flower without harming the flower, Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa extracts the essence of all Vedic knowledge without disturbing the elaborate system of Vedic advancement. In other words, Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa establishes Himself as the goal of Vedic knowledge without destroying preliminary, inferior processes that may be applicable to grossly materialistic men. Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī thus concludes by offering his obeisances to the spiritual master of the entire universe, Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa.

Characters & Entities

• Kṛṣṇa
• Vedavyāsa

FAQs

What does the Srimad Bhagavatam say about removing fear of material life?

This verse says that Kṛṣṇa removes bhava-bhaya (fear of worldly existence) by giving the essence of jñāna and vijñāna—the distilled Vedic truth—like nectar to His devotees.

Why does Śukadeva Gosvāmī glorify Kṛṣṇa as the ‘essence of the Vedas’ in Canto 11?

In the Uddhava Gītā context, the teaching culminates in pure devotion; Śukadeva highlights that all Vedic knowledge finds its concentrated meaning in Kṛṣṇa and devotion to Him.

Practical application of ‘drinking the nectar’ of Bhagavatam in modern life?

Regular hearing/reading of Śrīmad Bhāgavatam with devotion, applying its teachings in conduct, and centering life on service to Kṛṣṇa helps reduce anxiety and strengthens spiritual clarity.