Shloka 26

Kṛṣṇa Enters Mathurā: City Splendor, Devotees’ Reception, and the Washerman’s Fate

Devanagari script

अश्न‍न्त्य एकास्तदपास्य सोत्सवा अभ्यज्यमाना अकृतोपमज्जना: । स्वपन्त्य उत्थाय निशम्य नि:स्वनं प्रपाययन्त्योऽर्भमपोह्य मातर: ॥ २६ ॥

Transliteration

aśnantya ekās tad apāsya sotsavā abhyajyamānā akṛtopamajjanāḥ svapantya utthāya niśamya niḥsvanaṁ prapāyayantyo ’rbham apohya mātaraḥ

Translation

ผู้ที่กำลังกินอาหารก็ละทิ้งเสียด้วยความยินดีแล้วรีบออกไป บางนางออกไปทั้งที่ยังอาบน้ำหรือชโลมน้ำมันไม่เสร็จ ผู้ที่กำลังหลับก็ลุกขึ้นทันทีเมื่อได้ยินเสียงอื้ออึง และมารดาที่กำลังให้นมบุตรก็วางทารกไว้แล้วรีบไป

Synonyms

• अश्नन्त्यः: eating
• अश्नन्त्यः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अश् (धातु) + शतृ (कृदन्त)
• Form: वर्तमान-कृदन्त (शतृ), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘eating’

• एकाः: some
• एकाः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘some (women)’

• तत्: that (activity/food)
• तत्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• अपास्य: having set aside
• अपास्य: Pūrvakāla (पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अप-आस्/अस् (धातु; ‘to throw aside’) + ल्यप् (कृदन्त)
• Form: ल्यपन्त अव्यय (gerund); ‘having cast aside’

• स-उत्सवाः: excited/joyful
• स-उत्सवाः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स (अव्यय-उपसर्गार्थ) + उत्सव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उपपद-तत्पुरुष/सह-समास; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषण (एकाः)

• अभ्यज्यमानाः: being anointed
• अभ्यज्यमानाः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-अञ्ज् (धातु) + यमान (कृदन्त; कर्मणि वर्तमान)
• Form: कर्मणि वर्तमान-कृदन्त (शानच्/यमान), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘being anointed’

• अकृत-उपमज्जनाः: without having bathed
• अकृत-उपमज्जनाः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अकृत (कृ धातु, क्त; नञ्-पूर्व) + उपमज्जन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नञ्-तत्पुरुष; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषण

• स्वपन्त्यः: sleeping
• स्वपन्त्यः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्वप् (धातु) + शतृ (कृदन्त)
• Form: वर्तमान-कृदन्त (शतृ), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘sleeping’

• उत्थाय: having risen
• उत्थाय: Pūrvakāla (पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उत्-स्था (धातु) + क्त्वा (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund); ‘having risen’

• निशम्य: having heard
• निशम्य: Pūrvakāla (पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-शम्/शम् (धातु; ‘to hear/notice’) + ल्यप् (कृदन्त)
• Form: ल्यपन्त अव्यय (gerund); ‘having heard’

• निःस्वनम्: sound/noise
• निःस्वनम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निःस्वन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• प्रपाययन्त्यः: feeding (with milk), making drink
• प्रपाययन्त्यः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-पा (धातु) + णिच् (causative) + शतृ (कृदन्त)
• Form: णिजन्त-धातु (causative) वर्तमान-कृदन्त (शतृ), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘making drink’

• अर्भम्: infant
• अर्भम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्भ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• अपोह्य: having put aside
• अपोह्य: Pūrvakāla (पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अप-ऊह्/वह् (धातु; ‘to remove’) + ल्यप् (कृदन्त)
• Form: ल्यपन्त अव्यय (gerund); ‘having removed/put aside’

• मातरः: mothers
• मातरः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

Characters & Entities

• Mathurā-vāsinyas (women of Mathurā)
• Kṛṣṇa
• Balarāma

FAQs

What does Srimad Bhagavatam say about spontaneous devotion when Krishna appears?

This verse shows that Krishna’s presence awakens immediate, irresistible bhakti—people abandon ordinary duties like eating, bathing, sleeping, and even momentarily forget bodily concerns as they rush to see Him.

Why did the women of Mathura leave their daily activities on hearing the sound?

Hearing the commotion of Krishna’s arrival, their natural love and curiosity surged; overwhelmed by joy, they dropped everything to behold Krishna and Balarama entering Mathura.

How can this shloka be applied in modern spiritual life?

It teaches prioritizing remembrance and darśana of the Lord—when spiritual opportunity comes (kīrtana, satsanga, hearing hari-kathā), respond promptly rather than postponing for routine comforts.