Shloka 26

The Deliverance of Nalakūvara and Maṇigrīva

Yamala-Arjuna Līlā Prelude and Culmination

Devanagari script

इत्यन्तरेणार्जुनयो: कृष्णस्तु यमयोर्ययौ । आत्मनिर्वेशमात्रेण तिर्यग्गतमुलूखलम् ॥ २६ ॥

Transliteration

ity antareṇārjunayoḥ kṛṣṇas tu yamayor yayau ātma-nirveśa-mātreṇa tiryag-gatam ulūkhalam

Translation

ఇలా చెప్పి కృష్ణుడు రెండు అర్జున వృక్షాల మధ్యకు త్వరగా ప్రవేశించాడు. ఆయనకు బంధించబడిన పెద్ద ఉలూఖలం అడ్డంగా తిరిగి మధ్యలో ఇరుక్కొంది.

Synonyms

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/discourse marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; वाक्यसमाप्ति/उद्धरणसूचक (quotative particle)

• अन्तरेण: between
• अन्तरेण: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Locative sense)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अन्तरेण (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपसर्गार्थक-निपात (prepositional indeclinable) ‘between/without’; षष्ठी-सम्बन्धेन प्रयोगः

• अर्जुनयोः: of the two Arjuna trees
• अर्जुनयोः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्जुन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), द्विवचन

• कृष्णः: Krishna
• कृष्णः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तु: indeed
• तु: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधान/विरोधार्थक (particle: but/indeed)

• यमयोः: of the twin (trees)
• यमयोः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, द्विवचन; यमलार्जुनयोः निर्देशः

• ययौ: went
• ययौ: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• आत्म-निर्वेश-मात्रेण: by merely entering (between them) himself
• आत्म-निर्वेश-मात्रेण: Karana (करण/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक) + निर्वेश (प्रातिपदिक) + मात्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः (आत्मनि निर्वेशः) + मात्र (सीमासूचक) — तृतीया करणत्वे

• तिर्यक्-गतम्: gone sideways/obliquely placed
• तिर्यक्-गतम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तिर्यक् (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक) + गत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √गम्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः ‘तिर्यक्’ (obliquely) + ‘गतम्’ (gone)

• उलूखलम्: the mortar
• उलूखलम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उलूखल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Characters & Entities

• Kṛṣṇa
• Yamala-arjuna (the twin arjuna trees)

FAQs

What is the meaning of Krishna going between the Yamala-arjuna trees in Bhagavatam 10.10.26?

It describes baby Kṛṣṇa entering the narrow space between the twin arjuna trees and, by that simple act, pulling the crosswise mortar through—setting up the moment that will cause the trees to fall and the cursed beings within to be delivered.

Why was Krishna dragging the wooden mortar (ulukhala) in the Damodara lila?

Because Mother Yaśodā had tied Him to the mortar as a loving discipline; Kṛṣṇa then turned that very binding into a divine pastime that would liberate the souls connected with the Yamala-arjuna trees.

What practical lesson does Bhagavatam 10.10.26 teach for modern life?

Even apparent limitations can become instruments of grace when offered in devotion—what “binds” us can be transformed into a means of spiritual growth through remembrance and surrender to Kṛṣṇa.