Shloka 47

Arjuna Marries Subhadrā; Kṛṣṇa Honors Two Devotees in Mithilā (Śrutadeva and Bahulāśva)

Devanagari script

हृदिस्थोऽप्यतिदूरस्थ: कर्मविक्षिप्तचेतसाम् । आत्मशक्तिभिरग्राह्योऽप्यन्त्युपेतगुणात्मनाम् ॥ ४७ ॥

Transliteration

hṛdi-stho ’py ati-dūra-sthaḥ karma-vikṣipta-cetasām ātma-śaktibhir agrāhyo ’py anty upeta-guṇātmanām

Translation

Dẫu Ngài ngự trong tim, Ngài vẫn như ở rất xa đối với những kẻ tâm trí bị xao động vì vướng mắc vào công việc vật chất. Không ai có thể nắm bắt Ngài bằng năng lực trần thế; Ngài chỉ tự bày tỏ trong lòng những người đã học biết trân quý các phẩm tính siêu việt của Ngài.

Synonyms

• hṛdi-sthaḥ: situated in the heart
• hṛdi-sthaḥ: Visheshya (विशेष्य/कर्तृवाचक विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: hṛd (प्रातिपदिक) + stha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सप्तमी-तत्पुरुष (locative determinative: “situated in the heart”); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• api: even
• api: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अपि-निपात (particle: even/also)

• ati-dūra-sthaḥ: (yet) situated very far
• ati-dūra-sthaḥ: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ati (अव्यय) + dūra (प्रातिपदिक) + stha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव/तत्पुरुष-समाससमुच्चय; अर्थतः “अतिदूर” (very far) + “स्थ” (situated); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• karma-vikṣipta-cetasām: of those whose minds are distracted by karma
• karma-vikṣipta-cetasām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: karma (प्रातिपदिक) + vikṣipta (कृदन्त) + cetas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (determinative: “whose mind is distracted by actions”); पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग-आधार (cetas), षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन

• ātma-śaktibhiḥ: by (his) own powers
• ātma-śaktibhiḥ: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ātman (प्रातिपदिक) + śakti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (“of self”); स्त्रीलिङ्ग (śakti), तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; करण

• agrāhyaḥ: not graspable
• agrāhyaḥ: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: a- + grāhya (कृदन्त; √grah)
• Form: नञ्-समासपूर्वक विशेषण; “ग्राह्य” (to be grasped) → “अग्राह्य” (ungraspable); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• api: even
• api: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अपि-निपात (even/also)

• anti: near
• anti: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: anti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (near/close)

• upeta-guṇa-ātmanām: of those whose selves are endowed with virtues
• upeta-guṇa-ātmanām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: upeta (कृदन्त) + guṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + ātman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (determinative: “whose nature is endowed with qualities”); पुंलिङ्ग (ātman), षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन

Purport

The all-merciful Lord is in everyone’s heart. Seeing Him there, however, is possible only when one’s heart is completely purified. Materialists may demand that God prove His existence by coming into view as a result of their empirical investigations, but God has no need to respond to such impudence. As Lord Kṛṣṇa states in Bhagavad-gītā (7.25) :

Characters & Entities

• Kṛṣṇa

FAQs

What does the Srimad Bhagavatam say about realizing Krishna within the heart?

This verse says Kṛṣṇa is present in the heart, but He is experienced as “far away” when consciousness is scattered by karma; He becomes attainable when one’s inner nature is transformed by divine qualities cultivated through bhakti.

Why does Śukadeva Gosvāmī say the Lord is both near and far?

He is near as the indwelling Supersoul (antaryāmī), yet He appears far to those absorbed in material activity; proximity is not physical but depends on purity and focus of consciousness.

Practical application of this teaching in modern life?

Reduce distraction-driven living and add steady bhakti practices—hearing, chanting, remembrance, and serving—so the mind becomes imbued with sattvic, devotional qualities that make the Lord “reachable” in experience.