Shloka 17

Kṛṣṇa’s Daily Life in Dvārakā; the Captive Kings’ Appeal; Nārada Announces the Rājasūya

Devanagari script

सुधर्माख्यां सभां सर्वैर्वृष्णिभि: परिवारित: । प्राविशद् यन्निविष्टानां न सन्त्यङ्ग षडूर्मय: ॥ १७ ॥

Transliteration

sudharmākhyāṁ sabhāṁ sarvair vṛṣṇibhiḥ parivāritaḥ prāviśad yan-niviṣṭānāṁ na santy aṅga ṣaḍ ūrmayaḥ

Translation

ข้าแต่พระราชา พระผู้เป็นเจ้าทรงมีเหล่าวฤษณีรายล้อม เสด็จเข้าสู่ท้องพระโรงชื่อสุธรรมะ ซึ่งผู้เข้าไปนั่งในนั้นย่อมไม่ถูกรบกวนด้วยคลื่นทั้งหกแห่งชีวิตโลกีย์

Synonyms

• sudharmā-ākhyām: named Sudharma
• sudharmā-ākhyām: Visheshana (Adjective to sabhām)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sudharmā + ākhyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular

• sabhām: assembly hall
• sabhām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sabhā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular

• sarvaiḥ: by all
• sarvaiḥ: Visheshana (Adjective to vṛṣṇibhiḥ)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (सर्वनाम)
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Plural

• vṛṣṇibhiḥ: Vrishnis (clan members)
• vṛṣṇibhiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण) / Agent
• Type: Noun
• Root: vṛṣṇi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Plural

• parivāritaḥ: surrounded
• parivāritaḥ: Visheshana (Adjective to Subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pari + vṛ (धातु)
• Form: Past Passive Participle (kta), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• prāviśat: he entered
• prāviśat: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra + viś (धातु)
• Form: Lang Lakara (Imperfect Past), Parasmaipada, Prathama Purusha, Singular

• yat-niviṣṭānām: of those seated therein
• yat-niviṣṭānām: Sambandha (Relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad + niviṣṭa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural. (Saptami Tatpurusha sense)

• na: not
• na: None
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: Negative particle

• santi: are / exist
• santi: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (धातु)
• Form: Lat Lakara (Present), Parasmaipada, Prathama Purusha, Plural

• aṅga: O dear one
• aṅga: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: aṅga (अव्यय)
• Form: Vocative particle

• ṣaṭ: six
• ṣaṭ: Visheshana (Adjective to ūrmayaḥ)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ṣaṣ (संख्या)
• Form: Numeral, Nominative, Plural

• ūrmayaḥ: waves (hunger, thirst, grief, delusion, old age, death)
• ūrmayaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ūrmi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine/Feminine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural

Purport

Śrīla Prabhupāda writes: “It may be remembered that the Sudharmā assembly house was taken away from the heavenly planet and was reestablished in the city of Dvārakā. The specific significance of the assembly house was that anyone who entered it would be free from the six kinds of material pangs, namely hunger, thirst, lamentation, illusion, old age and death. These are the waves of material existence, and as long as one remained in that assembly house of Sudharmā, he would not be affected by these six material waves.”

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Kṛṣṇa
• Vṛṣṇis

FAQs

What does the Srimad Bhagavatam say about the six waves (ṣaḍ-ūrmayaḥ) of material life?

This verse states that in Sudharmā, those who sit there are not affected by the six waves—hunger, thirst, lamentation, illusion, old age, and death—highlighting a divine, transcendental atmosphere connected with Kṛṣṇa.

What is Sudharmā sabhā in Krishna’s Dvārakā pastimes?

Sudharmā is the celebrated royal assembly hall of Dvārakā; when Kṛṣṇa enters it with the Vṛṣṇis, it is described as a place where material miseries and limitations do not prevail.

Practical application: how can a devotee rise above the ‘six waves’ in modern life?

By seeking Kṛṣṇa-centered association and practices (śravaṇa, kīrtana, smaraṇa), one experiences increasing detachment and inner steadiness, so that life’s pressures lose their power to disturb the heart.