Shloka 9

Akrūra’s Journey to Vraja and His Devotional Vision of Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma

Devanagari script

द्रक्ष्यामि नूनं सुकपोलनासिकं स्मितावलोकारुणकञ्जलोचनम् । मुखं मुकुन्दस्य गुडालकावृतं प्रदक्षिणं मे प्रचरन्ति वै मृगा: ॥ ९ ॥

Transliteration

drakṣyāmi nūnaṁ su-kapola-nāsikaṁ smitāvalokāruṇa-kañja-locanam mukhaṁ mukundasya guḍālakāvṛtaṁ pradakṣiṇaṁ me pracaranti vai mṛgāḥ

Translation

ମୋ ଡାହାଣ ପଟେ ହରିଣମାନେ ପ୍ରଦକ୍ଷିଣା କରି ଯାଉଛନ୍ତି; ତେଣୁ ନିଶ୍ଚୟ ମୁଁ ମୁକୁନ୍ଦ ପ୍ରଭୁଙ୍କ ମୁଖ ଦେଖିବି—ସୁନ୍ଦର କପୋଳ-ନାସିକା, ସ୍ମିତମୟ ଦୃଷ୍ଟି, ରକ୍ତିମ କମଳନୟନ, କୁଞ୍ଚିତ କେଶରେ ଘେରା।

Synonyms

• द्रक्ष्यामि: I shall see
• द्रक्ष्यामि: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future/भविष्यत्), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन (singular), परस्मैपद

• नूनम्: surely
• नूनम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/भाव)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नूनम् (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चयार्थक-अव्यय (particle of certainty)

• सु: beautifully
• सु: Visheshana (विशेषण-भाव)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सु (अव्यय/उपसर्गवत्)
• Form: उपसर्गवत्-पूर्वपद (intensifying prefix ‘well/beautifully’)

• कपोल: cheek
• कपोल: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कपोल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग (lexical), समास-पूर्वपद (stem), विभक्ति-लोप (in compound)

• नासिकम्: (him) with beautiful cheeks and nose
• नासिकम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नासिका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; समासः: सु-कपोल-नासिकम् (descriptive compound qualifying the object)

• स्मित: smile
• स्मित: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्मित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, समास-पूर्वपद (stem), विभक्ति-लोप (in compound)

• अवलोक: glance
• अवलोक: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अवलोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, समास-पूर्वपद (stem), विभक्ति-लोप (in compound)

• अरुण: reddish
• अरुण: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अरुण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास-पूर्वपद (stem), विभक्ति-लोप (in compound)

• कञ्ज: lotus
• कञ्ज: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कञ्ज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, समास-पूर्वपद (stem), विभक्ति-लोप (in compound)

• लोचनम्: (him) whose eyes are reddish lotus-like with smiling glances
• लोचनम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: लोचन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; समासः: स्मित-अवलोक-अरुण-कञ्ज-लोचनम् (tatpuruṣa: ‘eyes like red lotuses with smiling glances’)

• मुखम्: face
• मुखम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• मुकुन्दस्य: of Mukunda (Krishna)
• मुकुन्दस्य: Shashthi-Sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुकुन्द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• गुड: curly/round (sense: thick)
• गुड: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग (lexical), समास-पूर्वपद (stem), विभक्ति-लोप (in compound)

• अलक: locks of hair
• अलक: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अलक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, समास-पूर्वपद (stem), विभक्ति-लोप (in compound)

• आवृतम्: covered (by)
• आवृतम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आ-√वृ (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle/क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; समासः: गुड-अलक-आवृतम् (‘covered by curly locks’)

• प्रदक्षिणम्: clockwise (to the right)
• प्रदक्षिणम्: Karma/Adverbial (कर्म/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रदक्षिण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषणवत् (adverbially: ‘to the right/clockwise’)

• मे: of me / for me
• मे: Shashthi-Sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध) एकवचन; enclitic pronoun

• प्रचरन्ति: move about / roam
• प्रचरन्ति: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-चर् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present/वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन, परस्मैपद

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/भाव)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• मृगाः: deer
• मृगाः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मृग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), बहुवचन

Purport

Akrūra saw an auspicious omen — the passing of the deer on his right — and thus felt sure he would see the Supreme Lord Kṛṣṇa.

Characters & Entities

• Mukunda (Krishna)
• Akrura

FAQs

What does the Srimad Bhagavatam say about seeing Krishna’s face and lotus eyes?

This verse describes Akrūra’s intense longing for Kṛṣṇa’s darśana—His smiling glance and lotus-like reddish eyes—showing how remembrance and desire for the Lord’s beauty deepen devotion.

Why did Akrura speak about deer circumambulating him on the way to Vrindavan?

Akrūra reads the deer’s movement as a शुभ-लक्षण (auspicious omen): keeping him to their right suggests pradakṣiṇā, indicating he is nearing the blessed meeting with Kṛṣṇa.

Practical application of Krishna-darshan longing in modern life?

Cultivate focused remembrance—through japa, kīrtana, and reading Kṛṣṇa-līlā—so that daily signs and events strengthen faith and orient the mind toward the Lord.