Shloka 15

गोवर्धनोत्तरविस्मयः, रासलीलाप्रसङ्गः, तथा सर्वव्याप्तिवेदान्तोपदेशः

Devanagari script

वनराजीं तथा कूजद्भृङ्गमालामनोरमाम् विलोक्य सह गोपीभिर् मनश् चक्रे रतिं प्रति

Transliteration

vanarājīṃ tathā kūjadbhṛṅgamālāmanoramām vilokya saha gopībhir manaś cakre ratiṃ prati

Translation

वनराजीं तथा कूजद्भृङ्गमालामनोरमाम्। विलोक्य सह गोपीभिर्मनश्चक्रे रतिं प्रति॥

Word by Word

• vana-rājīm: the forest’s beauty/line of trees
• vana-rājīm: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vana (प्रातिपदिक) + rājī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास; स्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘वनस्य राजी’ (row/line/beauty of the forest)

• tathā: and also
• tathā: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (also)

• kūjat-bhṛṅga-mālā-manoramām: charming with garlands of humming bees
• kūjat-bhṛṅga-mālā-manoramām: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of ‘vana-rājīm’/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kūjat (kūj धातु-शतृ/वर्तमान कृदन्त) + bhṛṅga (प्रातिपदिक) + mālā (प्रातिपदिक) + manoramā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुपद-तत्पुरुष-समास; स्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘कूजद्भृङ्गाणां माला’ इति, सा ‘मनोरमा’ (a charming garland/cluster of humming bees)

• vilokya: having seen
• vilokya: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Prior action/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vi√lok (धातु) + vilokya (क्त्वान्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive); ‘विलोक्य’ = having seen

• saha: with
• saha: Sahakāraka (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: saha (अव्यय)
• Form: सह-इत्यव्यय; सहार्थे (with)

• gopībhiḥ: with the cowherd girls
• gopībhiḥ: Sahakāraka (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gopī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• manaḥ: mind
• manaḥ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: manas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन

• cakre: he turned/made
• cakre: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; ‘चकार/अकरोत्’

• ratim: love, desire
• ratim: Karma (Goal/object of inclination/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन

• prati: towards
• prati: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Directional/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: prati (अव्यय/उपसर्ग)
• Form: उपपद-प्रत्ययार्थक-अव्यय (preposition: towards)

Speaker

Sage Parāśara (narrating to Maitreya)

Characters & Entities

• Krishna
• Vrindavana (forest setting)
• Bhringa (bees)

FAQs

What is the significance of the forest imagery (bees, beauty) in the Vishnu Purana?

The charming Vṛndāvana setting functions as sacred ambience that naturally evokes rati (love), framing Krishna’s līlā as a spiritually charged revelation rather than ordinary romance.

How does Sage Parāśara explain the rise of love in this episode?

Parāśara narrates that, upon seeing the enchanting forest and being with the gopīs, Krishna’s mind is directed toward rati—signaling the unfolding of līlā where devotion and intimate affection become the medium of divine disclosure.

The theological importance of Lord Vishnu (Krishna) in this context?

As Vishnu manifest as Krishna, he remains the Supreme Reality while engaging in humanlike intimacy; the verse presents love (rasa) as a pathway through which devotees perceive and participate in his transcendent sovereignty.