Shloka 42

Akrūra’s Mission: The Departure from Vraja and the Yamunā Vision of Viṣṇu-Ananta

Devanagari script

तौ रथस्थौ कथमिह सुतावानकदुन्दुभे: । तर्हि स्वित्स्यन्दने न स्त इत्युन्मज्ज्य व्यचष्ट स: ॥ ४२ ॥ तत्रापि च यथापूर्वमासीनौ पुनरेव स: । न्यमज्जद् दर्शनं यन्मे मृषा किं सलिले तयो: ॥ ४३ ॥

Transliteration

tau ratha-sthau katham iha sutāv ānakadundubheḥ tarhi svit syandane na sta ity unmajjya vyacaṣṭa saḥ

Translation

อครูระคิดว่า “โอรสทั้งสองของอานกทุุนทุภิประทับอยู่บนรถศึก แล้วเหตุใดจึงมายืนอยู่ในน้ำได้? คงเสด็จลงจากรถแล้ว” แต่เมื่อเขาโผล่ขึ้นจากแม่น้ำ ก็เห็นทั้งสองยังประทับบนรถดังเดิม เขาจึงรำพึงว่า “นิมิตที่เห็นในน้ำนั้นเป็นมายาหรือ?” แล้วจึงดำลงไปอีกครั้ง

Synonyms

तौthose two

रथस्थौstanding/being on the chariot

कथम्how?

इहhere

सुतौsons (two)

आनकदुन्दुभेःof Ānakadundubhi (Vasudeva)

तर्हिthen

स्वित्perhaps?/indeed? (question particle)

स्यन्दनेin the chariot

नnot

स्तःare (two)

इतिthus

उन्मज्ज्यhaving come up/out

व्यचष्टhe spoke/declared

सःhe

Characters & Entities

Akrura

Krishna

Balarama

Vasudeva (Anakadundubhi)

FAQs

What does the Srimad Bhagavatam say about Akrura’s vision of Krishna in the Yamuna?

It describes Akrūra seeing an extraordinary divine vision in the Yamunā, then resurfacing and again seeing Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma seated on the chariot, showing the Lord’s inconceivable potency.

Why did Akrura doubt whether Krishna and Balarama were on the chariot?

Because the vision he saw in the water seemed to place Them elsewhere, he wondered if They had somehow left the chariot—then he rose from the water to verify what he was seeing.

Practical application of this verse in modern life?

It teaches humility before spiritual experience: verify, reflect, and remain grounded, recognizing that the Divine can act beyond ordinary logic.