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Shloka 14

The Disappearance of Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa and the Aftermath in Dvārakā

य एतां प्रातरुत्थाय कृष्णस्य पदवीं पराम् । प्रयत: कीर्तयेद् भक्त्या तामेवाप्नोत्यनुत्तमाम् ॥ १४ ॥

ya etāṁ prātar utthāya kṛṣṇasya padavīṁ parām prayataḥ kīrtayed bhaktyā tām evāpnoty anuttamām

မည်သူမဆို နံနက်စောစော ထ၍ သတိထားကာ ဘက္တိဖြင့် သခင် ශ්ရီကൃഷ്ണ၏ အမြင့်ဆုံး ပဒဝီ—သူ၏ သန့်ရှင်းသော ထွက်ခွာခြင်းနှင့် မိမိ၏ သွားရာဌာနသို့ ပြန်လည်ရောက်ခြင်း—ကို ကီർത്തနာပြုလျှင်၊ ထိုသူသည် အတူတူသော အမြင့်ဆုံး ဂတိကို မလွဲမသွေ ရရှိမည်။

यःwhoever
यः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध-सर्वनाम
एताम्this (narration/path)
एताम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootएतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम
प्रातःin the morning
प्रातः:
Kala-adhikarana (काल-अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्रातः (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; कालवाचक (in the morning)
उत्थायhaving risen
उत्थाय:
Kriya-viseshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeVerb
Rootउत् + स्था (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), ‘having risen’
कृष्णस्यof Krishna
कृष्णस्य:
Shashthi-sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootकृष्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन
पदवीम्path/track
पदवीम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootपदवी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन
पराम्supreme
पराम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootपर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (पदवीम्)
प्रयतःself-controlled/pure
प्रयतः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootप्रयत (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (यः)
कीर्तयेत्should glorify/recite
कीर्तयेत्:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootकीर्तय् (धातु; √कीर्त् causative/denominative)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन
भक्त्याwith devotion
भक्त्या:
Karana (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootभक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन
ताम्that (supreme path/state)
ताम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; सर्वनाम
एवindeed
एव:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; अवधारण (emphasis: indeed/only)
आप्नोतिattains
आप्नोति:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootआप् (धातु)
Formलट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन
अनुत्तमाम्unsurpassed
अनुत्तमाम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootअनुत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (ताम्)
K
Kṛṣṇa

FAQs

This verse states that one who rises early and devotionally chants this narration of Krishna’s supreme path attains that same unsurpassed destination.

Morning (prātaḥ) supports purity and focus; Śukadeva emphasizes disciplined, attentive devotion (prayataḥ, bhaktyā) so the recitation becomes effective bhakti leading to the highest goal.

Set a simple daily practice: rise a bit earlier, read or chant a short passage of Krishna-kathā with attention and devotion, and let it shape your day’s priorities toward spiritual remembrance.