Srimad Bhagavatam — Ashtama Skandha, Shloka 10

Bali Liberated, Prahlāda Blessed, and Vāmana Accepted as Universal Protector

Devanagari script

नित्यं द्रष्टासि मां तत्र गदापाणिमवस्थितम् । मद्दर्शनमहाह्लादध्वस्तकर्मनिबन्धन: ॥ १० ॥

Transliteration

nityaṁ draṣṭāsi māṁ tatra gadā-pāṇim avasthitam mad-darśana-mahāhlāda- dhvasta-karma-nibandhanaḥ

Translation

你将在那里恒常见到我，以我本来的形相，手持海螺、神轮、宝杵与莲华。因常得亲见我而生的超然大乐，你的业果系缚将被摧毁，不再受有为行的束缚。

Synonyms

• नित्यम्: always
• नित्यम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण/adverb): ‘always’

• द्रष्टा: (you) will see
• द्रष्टा: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु) + तृ (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: भविष्यत् कर्तरि कृदन्त (Agent noun/future periphrastic sense): प्रथमा एकवचन, पुंलिङ्ग; ‘one who will see’

• असि: are
• असि: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present/लट्), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; ‘are’ (auxiliary with द्रष्टा)

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (pronoun), द्वितीया विभक्ति (Accusative/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (देशवाचक/adverb of place): ‘there’

• गदा-पाणिम्: the mace-in-hand (one)
• गदा-पाणिम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गदा (प्रातिपदिक) + पाणि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (genitive determinative): ‘गदा यस्य पाणौ’/‘whose hand has a mace’; पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• अवस्थितम्: standing, present
• अवस्थितम्: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अव + स्था (धातु) + क्त (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle/क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘standing/remaining’ (qualifies माम् / गदापाणिम्)

• मत्-दर्शन-महा-आह्लाद-ध्वस्त-कर्म-निबन्धनः: whose bondage of karma is destroyed by the great bliss of seeing me
• मत्-दर्शन-महा-आह्लाद-ध्वस्त-कर्म-निबन्धनः: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + दर्शन (प्रातिपदिक) + महा (प्रातिपदिक) + आह्लाद (प्रातिपदिक) + ध्वस्त (ध्वंस्/ध्वस् धातु + क्त) + कर्म (प्रातिपदिक) + निबन्धन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुव्रीहि समास: ‘यस्य कर्मनिबन्धनं मत्दर्शनमहाह्लादेन ध्वस्तम्’; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (सम्बोधन/वर्णन of addressee)

Purport

Karma-bandha, the bondage of fruitive activities, entails the repetition of birth and death. One performs fruitive activities in such a way that he creates another body for his next life. As long as one is attached to fruitive activities, he must accept another material body. This repeated acceptance of material bodies is called saṁsāra-bandhana. To stop this, a devotee is advised to see the Supreme Lord constantly. The kaniṣṭha-adhikārī, or neophyte devotee, is therefore advised to visit the temple every day and see the form of the Lord regularly. Thus the neophyte devotee can be freed from the bondage of fruitive activities.

Characters & Entities

• Vishnu
• Gajendra

FAQs

What does the Srimad Bhagavatam say about Vishnu darshan removing karma?

This verse states that the great bliss of seeing the Lord (mad-darśana-mahāhlāda) destroys the bondage created by karma (karma-nibandhana).

Why did Lord Vishnu say this to Gajendra?

After rescuing Gajendra, the Lord reassures him that he will always behold the Lord’s personal form and that such divine vision brings liberation from karmic bondage.

Practical application of freedom from karma through bhakti in modern life?

Cultivate steady devotion—regular remembrance, prayer, and hearing about the Lord—because sincere God-centered consciousness purifies past conditioning and reduces bondage to habitual reactions.