Shloka 37
गोवर्धनोत्तरविस्मयः, रासलीलाप्रसङ्गः, तथा सर्वव्याप्तिवेदान्तोपदेशः
हस्तन्यस्ताग्रहस्तेयं तेन याति तथा सखी अनायत्तपदन्यासा लक्ष्यते पदपद्धतिः
hastanyastāgrahasteyaṃ tena yāti tathā sakhī anāyattapadanyāsā lakṣyate padapaddhatiḥ
นางวางมือลงในมือของผู้นำทางแล้วก้าวไป; สหายหญิงก็เช่นกัน. ก้าวย่างมิได้เป็นของตนอีก—ทั้งท่วงท่าและทางเดินปรากฏว่าถูกกำกับด้วยการกุมมือนั้น
Sage Parāśara (teaching Maitreya, using an illustrative analogy)
Speaker: Parasara
Topic: Kṛṣṇa’s Vraja-līlā and the gopīs’ experience of pursuit and separation.
Teaching: Devotional
Quality: revealing
Avatara: Krishna
Purpose: Kṛṣṇa descends to delight Vraja and draw beings into bhakti through intimate līlā that overcomes ego and separation.
Leela: Madhurya
Dharma Restored: Prema-bhakti as the highest dharma, where the jīva’s movement becomes guided by the Lord’s will.
Concept: When the jīva’s ‘hand’ is placed in the Lord’s hold, its course is no longer self-driven but carried by divine guidance.
Vedantic Theme: Dharma
Application: Cultivate deliberate surrender (śaraṇāgati) through daily remembrance and letting dharmic choices be ‘guided’ by devotion rather than impulse.
Vishishtadvaita: The dependent self (śeṣa) moves under the Lord’s governance (śeṣin) while retaining real individuality.
Vishnu Form: Krishna
Bhakti Type: Madhurya
FAQs
It illustrates how a person’s course can become shaped by a directing power—an ethical image for living under dharma and rightful guidance rather than impulsive self-will.
By depicting footsteps that are ‘not self-directed,’ he shows that when one is held and led, one’s movement follows the guide—an analogy for conduct guided by a higher principle.
Even when not named, the Purana’s underlying frame is that true order and right direction ultimately rest in the Supreme—Vishnu—who sustains the proper course of beings and worlds.