Shloka 10
कुब्जानुग्रहः, धनुर्भङ्गः, कुवलयापीडवधः, मल्लयुद्धं, कंसवधः, स्तुतयः
चकर्ष पद्भ्यां च तदा ऋजुत्वं केशवो ऽनयत् ततः सा ऋजुतां प्राप्ता योषिताम् अभवद् वरा
cakarṣa padbhyāṃ ca tadā ṛjutvaṃ keśavo 'nayat tataḥ sā ṛjutāṃ prāptā yoṣitām abhavad varā
तदा केशवः पद्भ्यां चकर्ष, ऋजुत्वं च अनयत्; ततः सा ऋजुतां प्राप्ता, योषितां वरा अभवत्।
Sage Parāśara (narrating) to Maitreya
Speaker: Parasara
Topic: How Krishna’s touch confers transformation and auspiciousness upon devotees.
Teaching: Devotional
Quality: authoritative and grace-revealing
Avatara: Krishna
Purpose: Krishna straightens Kubjā, demonstrating compassionate power that restores what is distorted and draws the devotee toward wholeness.
Leela: Moksha-dana
Dharma Restored: Restoration of order and auspiciousness—healing deformity as a sign of removing inner and outer crookedness.
Concept: Bhagavān’s touch (anugraha) can rectify both outer limitation and inner crookedness, making the devotee fit for auspicious life and devotion.
Vedantic Theme: Moksha
Application: Approach the Divine with humility and service; seek inner ‘straightness’ through honesty, disciplined practice, and prayer for grace.
Vishishtadvaita: Grace transforms the jīva while preserving individuality—God perfects the soul-body complex rather than negating it, consistent with qualified non-dualism.
Vishnu Form: Krishna
Bhakti Type: Dasya
Lakshmi Presence: Sri
FAQs
In this verse, ṛjutva signifies restoration—an outward and inward alignment with dharma brought about by Keśava’s divine agency.
Parāśara presents transformation as the Lord’s līlā: a direct act of grace that corrects what is distorted and elevates the devotee’s condition into auspicious order.
Keśava is shown as the supreme, sovereign reality whose touch reorders embodied life—highlighting a Vaishnava view where liberation and refinement ultimately depend on the Lord’s grace.