Shloka 29

अक्रूर-सत्कारः, मथुरायात्रा-विरहः, यमुनातटे दिव्यदर्शनम्, चतुर्व्यूह-नमस्कारः

Devanagari script

अनुरागेण शैथिल्यम् अस्मासु व्रजतो हरेः शैथिल्यम् उपयान्त्य् आशु करेषु वलयान्य् अपि

Transliteration

anurāgeṇa śaithilyam asmāsu vrajato hareḥ śaithilyam upayānty āśu kareṣu valayāny api

Translation

ହରି ଯେତେବେଳେ ଆମଠାରୁ ଦୂରେ ଯାଆନ୍ତି, ଆମ ଅନୁରାଗ ମଧ୍ୟ ଶିଥିଳ ହୋଇଯାଏ; ଶୀଘ୍ରେ ହାତର ବଳୟମାନେ ମଧ୍ୟ ଢିଲା ପଡ଼ିଯାନ୍ତି—ହୃଦୟର ତୀବ୍ର ଆକାଙ୍କ୍ଷା ଦେହକୁ ମଧ୍ୟ ଖୋଲିଦିଏ।

Word by Word

• अनुरागेण: by/through affection
• अनुरागेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनुराग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• शैथिल्यम्: looseness
• शैथिल्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शैथिल्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन (context: object/accusative)

• अस्मासु: among us / in us
• अस्मासु: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: त्रिलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/Locative), बहुवचन

• व्रजतः: of (him) going
• व्रजतः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Verb
• Root: व्रज् (धातु) → व्रजत् (कृदन्त, शतृ)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमान-कृदन्त (present active participle); षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; पुंलिङ्ग

• हरेः: of Hari
• हरेः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• शैथिल्यम्: looseness
• शैथिल्यम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शैथिल्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन (context: subject of upayānti as ‘looseness comes’)

• उपयान्ति: comes/approaches
• उपयान्ति: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-√या (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• आशु: quickly
• आशु: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आशु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• करेषु: on the hands
• करेषु: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/Locative), बहुवचन

• वलयानि: bangles
• वलयानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वलय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), बहुवचन

• अपि: even/also
• अपि: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधान/समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (particle: also/even)

Speaker

Gopis of Vraja (as narrated within Sage Parāśara’s discourse to Maitreya)

Characters & Entities

• Hari (Krishna/Vishnu)
• Vraja

FAQs

What is the significance of viraha (separation) in the Vishnu Purana?

This verse shows viraha as an intensifier of bhakti: separation from Hari makes the devotees’ inner absorption so strong that even the body reflects it, symbolized by loosening bangles.

How does Sage Parāśara explain devotion through the gopis’ experience?

Within Parāśara’s narration, the gopis’ speech functions as lived theology: their love for Hari is not merely emotion but a transformative spiritual state that overwhelms ordinary bodily stability.

What is the theological importance of Lord Vishnu (Hari) in this context?

Hari is portrayed as the supreme attractor of consciousness—so central that his absence shakes the devotees’ very sense of embodied order, highlighting Vishnu’s sovereignty over both mind and matter.