Srimad Bhagavatam — Ekadasha Skandha, Shloka 39

Avadhūta’s Teachers: Python, Ocean, Moth, Bee, Elephant, Deer, Fish—and Piṅgalā’s Song of Detachment

Devanagari script

तेनोपकृतमादाय शिरसा ग्राम्यसङ्गता: । त्यक्त्वा दुराशा: शरणं व्रजामि तमधीश्वरम् ॥ ३९ ॥

Transliteration

tenopakṛtam ādāya śirasā grāmya-saṅgatāḥ tyaktvā durāśāḥ śaraṇaṁ vrajāmi tam adhīśvaram

Translation

Com devoção aceito o grande benefício que o Senhor me concedeu e o coloco sobre a cabeça em reverência. Abandonando os desejos pecaminosos de gozo sensorial comum, agora tomo abrigo n’Ele, o Senhor Supremo, a Suprema Personalidade de Deus.

Synonyms

• तेन: by him/therefore
• तेन: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• उपकृतम्: a favor, help done
• उपकृतम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उप+कृ (धातु)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle used substantively)

• आदाय: having taken
• आदाय: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ+दा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (absolutive/gerund): ‘having taken’

• शिरसा: with (my) head (i.e., reverently)
• शिरसा: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिरस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• ग्राम्यसङ्गताः: connected with worldly association
• ग्राम्यसङ्गताः: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ग्राम्य + सङ्गत (प्रातिपदिक; सङ्गत = सम्+गम् धातोः क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; कर्मधारय (‘associated with worldly people/attachments’)

• त्यक्त्वा: having abandoned
• त्यक्त्वा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: त्यज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (absolutive/gerund): ‘having abandoned’

• दुराशाः: false hopes
• दुराशाः: Karma (कर्म; object of ‘tyaktvā’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुराशा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; कर्मधारय (दुरा + आशा)

• शरणम्: refuge
• शरणम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शरण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• व्रजामि: I go, I take refuge
• व्रजामि: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: व्रज् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• अधीश्वरम्: the supreme Lord
• अधीश्वरम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अधि + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (‘supreme lord/overlord’)

Characters & Entities

• Supreme Lord (Adhīśvara)

FAQs

What does the Srimad Bhagavatam say about giving up worldly association (grāmya-saṅga)?

This verse teaches that one should renounce worldly entanglement and instead take exclusive shelter of the Supreme Lord, recognizing worldly hopes as durāśā—vain expectations that distract the soul from devotion.

Why does the Avadhūta Brāhmaṇa say he will take shelter of the Adhīśvara?

After learning through life’s lessons (his ‘gurus’) and receiving the Lord’s inner guidance, he concludes that real safety and fulfillment come not from material arrangements but from surrender to the Supreme Controller.

Practical application of abandoning durāśā (false hopes) in modern life?

Reduce dependence on external validations and endless material plans, cultivate simple living, and anchor daily decisions in devotion—regular hearing/chanting, humility, and conscious reliance on God as the true protector.