Shloka 24

Akrūra’s Prayers (Akrūra-stuti): The Lord as Cause of Causes, Virāṭ, and the Goal of All Paths

Devanagari script

अहं चात्मात्मजागारदारार्थस्वजनादिषु । भ्रमामि स्वप्नकल्पेषु मूढ: सत्यधिया विभो ॥ २४ ॥

Transliteration

ahaṁ cātmātmajāgāra- dārārtha-svajanādiṣu bhramāmi svapna-kalpeṣu mūḍhaḥ satya-dhiyā vibho

Translation

హే సర్వశక్తిమాన్ ప్రభూ, నేనూ మోహితుడై దేహం, సంతానం, గృహం, భార్య, ధనం, బంధువులను నిజమని భావించి స్వప్నసమానమైన వాటిలో తిరుగుతున్నాను।

Synonyms

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, उत्तमपुरुषार्थक; एकवचन; प्रथमा (Nominative, Singular)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक निपात (conjunction/particle)

• आत्म: in the self
• आत्म: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी बहुवचन (Locative, Plural) — समासे पूर्वपद

• आत्मज: in (one’s) children
• आत्मज: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मन् + ज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (आत्मनः जायते इति); पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी बहुवचन (Locative, Plural) — समस्तपदे

• आगार: in houses
• आगार: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आगार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी बहुवचन (Locative, Plural)

• दार: in wife/wives
• दार: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (बहुवचनान्त); सप्तमी बहुवचन (Locative, Plural)

• अर्थ: in wealth/objects
• अर्थ: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी बहुवचन (Locative, Plural) — समासे पूर्वपद

• स्वजन: in one’s own people/relatives
• स्वजन: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्व + जन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय (स्वः जनः); पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी बहुवचन (Locative, Plural)

• आदिषु: in and so on
• आदिषु: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी बहुवचन (Locative, Plural); ‘आदि’ = etc., and the like

• भ्रमामि: I wander/am deluded
• भ्रमामि: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भ्रम् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present); उत्तमपुरुष; एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• स्वप्नकल्पेषु: in dream-like (states)
• स्वप्नकल्पेषु: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वप्न + कल्प (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (स्वप्नवत् कल्पाः); पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी बहुवचन (Locative, Plural)

• मूढः: deluded
• मूढः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मूढ (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √मुह्)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा एकवचन (Nominative, Singular)

• सत्यधिया: with (a) notion of reality
• सत्यधिया: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्य + धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (सत्ये धिः/सत्यधिः); स्त्रीलिङ्ग; तृतीया एकवचन (Instrumental, Singular)

• विभो: O Lord, O all-pervading one
• विभो: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विभु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन एकवचन (Vocative, Singular)

Characters & Entities

• Krishna

FAQs

What does the Srimad Bhagavatam say about family attachment being an illusion?

This verse explains that identification with body, children, home, spouse, wealth, and relatives is like a dream—appearing real only due to delusion—so one should seek the Lord beyond ‘I’ and ‘mine’.

Why do the personified Vedas pray like this to Krishna in Canto 10 Chapter 40?

In their prayers, the Śrutis confess the conditioned soul’s confusion under māyā and glorify Kṛṣṇa as the supreme reality who can free one from false identification and attachment.

Practical application of this shloka in modern life?

Treat possessions and relationships with responsibility but without ego-based ownership, and regularly re-center life on devotion and remembrance of God to avoid being trapped in ‘I’ and ‘mine’ thinking.