Srimad Bhagavatam — Dashama Skandha, Shloka 14

Rāsa-līlā Begins; Divine Multiplication; Moral Doubt and Its Resolution

Devanagari script

गोप्यो लब्ध्वाच्युतं कान्तं श्रिय एकान्तवल्लभम् । गृहीतकण्ठ्यस्तद्दोर्भ्यां गायन्त्यस्तं विजह्रिरे ॥ १४ ॥

Transliteration

gopyo labdhvācyutaṁ kāntaṁ śriya ekānta-vallabham gṛhīta-kaṇṭhyas tad-dorbhyāṁ gāyantyas tam vijahrire

Translation

牧女们得到了不堕者阿周陀为至亲的恋人——他是吉祥女神室利的唯一爱主。主以双臂环抱她们的颈项时，她们歌咏他的荣耀，在至乐中嬉游。

Synonyms

• गोप्यः: the cowherd women
• गोप्यः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोपी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• लब्ध्वा: having obtained
• लब्ध्वा: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Absolutive/Gerund), पूर्वकाल (prior action)

• अच्युतम्: Achyuta (Krishna)
• अच्युतम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अच्युत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• कान्तम्: beloved
• कान्तम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कान्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular); अच्युतम् इति विशेष्यस्य विशेषणभावः (appositional)

• श्रियः: of Lakshmi (Fortune)
• श्रियः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन (Singular)

• एकान्त-वल्लभम्: the exclusive beloved
• एकान्त-वल्लभम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकान्त (प्रातिपदिक) + वल्लभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (genitive determinative): एकान्तस्य वल्लभः

• गृहीत-कण्ठ्यः: having clasped (him) by the neck
• गृहीत-कण्ठ्यः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गृहीत (कृदन्त, √ग्रह्) + कण्ठी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष-समासार्थः: कण्ठी गृहीता याभिः (having taken/held by the neck/arms)

• तत्-दोर्भ्याम्: with his two arms
• तत्-दोर्भ्याम्: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + दोर्/दोर् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (तत्) + स्त्री/पुं (दोर्), तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), द्विवचन (Dual); सर्वनाम-पूर्वपद-समास: तस्य दोर्भ्याम्

• गायन्त्यः: singing
• गायन्त्यः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गै (धातु)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्यय (Present active participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• विजह्रिरे: they sported/played
• विजह्रिरे: Kriya (मुख्यक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हृ (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; आत्मनेपद (Ātmanepada); वि-उपसर्ग

Characters & Entities

• Kṛṣṇa (Acyuta)
• Gopīs
• Śrī (Lakṣmī-devī)

FAQs

What does Srimad Bhagavatam 10.33.14 say about the gopīs’ relationship with Kṛṣṇa?

It describes the gopīs attaining Kṛṣṇa as their beloved and sporting with Him as He embraces them, highlighting their intimate, exclusive devotion.

Why does this verse call Kṛṣṇa ‘the exclusive beloved of Śrī (Lakṣmī)’?

It emphasizes Kṛṣṇa’s supreme attractiveness and lordship—He is the dearmost even to Lakṣmī—yet He becomes personally accessible to the Vraja gopīs through pure love.

What is the practical application of this verse for modern spiritual life?

It encourages wholehearted devotion—seeking closeness to God through sincere bhakti and glorification (kīrtana), rather than through status, ritual pride, or mere intellectualism.