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Shloka 8

Akrūra’s Journey to Vraja and His Devotional Vision of Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma

Devanagari script

यदर्चितं ब्रह्मभवादिभि: सुरै: श्रिया च देव्या मुनिभि: ससात्वतै: । गोचारणायानुचरैश्चरद्वने यद् गोपिकानां कुचकुङ्कुमाङ्कितम् ॥ ८ ॥

Transliteration

yad arcitaṁ brahma-bhavādibhiḥ suraiḥ śriyā ca devyā munibhiḥ sa-sātvataiḥ go-cāraṇāyānucaraiś carad vane yad gopikānāṁ kuca-kuṅkumāṅkitam

Translation

那莲花足为梵天、婆伐（湿婆）等诸天、吉祥天女室利（拉克希米），以及大圣贤与毗湿奴信众所礼敬。主以此足与同伴在林间牧牛行走，而其上沾染着牧女胸前的红粉（库ṅ库玛）。

Synonyms
यत्that which / which
यत्:
कर्ता (Karta/Subject; referred object)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; सम्बन्ध-सर्वनाम
अर्चितम्worshipped
अर्चितम्:
क्रिया-विशेषण (Predicate adjective of यत्)
TypeAdjective
Rootअर्च् (धातु)
Formभूतकृदन्त (Past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मणि (worshipped)
ब्रह्मभवादिभिःby Brahmā, Śiva, and others
ब्रह्मभवादिभिः:
करण (Karaṇa/Agent-instrument in passive)
TypeNoun
Rootब्रह्मन् + भव + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; समाहार/गण-निर्देश (brahmā-bhavādi = Brahmā, Śiva, etc.)
सुरैःby the gods
सुरैः:
करण (Karaṇa/Agent-instrument in passive)
TypeNoun
Rootसुर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन
श्रियाby Śrī (Lakṣmī)
श्रिया:
करण (Karaṇa/Agent-instrument in passive)
TypeNoun
Rootश्री (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन
चand
च:
सम्बन्ध (Connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)
देव्याby the Goddess
देव्या:
करण (Karaṇa/Agent-instrument in passive)
TypeNoun
Rootदेवी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन
मुनिभिःby sages
मुनिभिः:
करण (Karaṇa/Agent-instrument in passive)
TypeNoun
Rootमुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन
ससात्वतैःtogether with the Sātvatas (devotees)
ससात्वतैः:
करण (Karaṇa/Agent-instrument in passive)
TypeNoun
Rootस (अव्यय-सह) + सात्वत (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; ‘स-’ उपपद (with the Sātvatas/devotees)
गोचारणायfor grazing the cows
गोचारणाय:
प्रयोजन (Purpose/Dative)
TypeNoun
Rootगो + चारण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (Dative), एकवचन; प्रयोजन-दत्त (for the purpose of cow-grazing)
अनुचरैःby attendants
अनुचरैः:
करण (Karaṇa/Agent-instrument in passive)
TypeNoun
Rootअनुचर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन
चरद्roaming
चरद्:
क्रियाविशेषण (Adverbial participle)
TypeAdjective
Rootचर् (धातु)
Formवर्तमानकृदन्त (Present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसक-सम्बन्ध, सप्तमी-सम्बन्ध (agreeing with implied subject; ‘while roaming’)
वनेin the forest
वने:
अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa/Location)
TypeNoun
Rootवन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन
यत्which
यत्:
कर्ता (Karta/Subject; same referent)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; सम्बन्ध-सर्वनाम (repetition for emphasis)
गोपिकानाम्of the cowherd women
गोपिकानाम्:
सम्बन्ध (Genitive; of the gopīs)
TypeNoun
Rootगोपिका (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन
कुचकुङ्कुमाङ्कितम्marked with the saffron from (their) breasts
कुचकुङ्कुमाङ्कितम्:
विशेषण (Qualifier of यत्)
TypeAdjective
Rootकुच + कुङ्कुम + अङ्कित (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुष (kuca-kuṅkuma-aṅkita = marked with saffron from breasts)
Characters & Entities
B
Brahmā
Ś
Śiva (Bhava)
Ś
Śrī/Lakṣmī
K
Kṛṣṇa
G
Gopīs
S
Sātvatas (Vaiṣṇavas)

FAQs

This verse says Kṛṣṇa’s feet are worshiped by Brahmā, Śiva, Lakṣmī, sages, and devotees—yet in Vṛndāvana they are intimately marked by the gopīs’ kuṅkuma, revealing the highest sweetness of bhakti.

Akrūra contrasts the Lord’s universal worship (by the greatest devas and Lakṣmī) with His intimate Vraja-līlā, showing that Kṛṣṇa who is supreme to all is still conquered by the love of His devotees.

Honor God’s greatness, but cultivate personal devotion—serve with sincerity and love, not merely ritual prestige—because intimate bhakti is portrayed as the highest spiritual achievement.

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