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Shloka 20

Akrūra’s Mission: The Departure from Vraja and the Yamunā Vision of Viṣṇu-Ananta

Devanagari script

यस्त्वं प्रदर्श्यासितकुन्तलावृतं मुकुन्दवक्त्रं सुकपोलमुन्नसम् । शोकापनोदस्मितलेशसुन्दरं करोषि पारोक्ष्यमसाधु ते कृतम् ॥ २० ॥

Transliteration

yas tvaṁ pradarśyāsita-kuntalāvṛtaṁ mukunda-vaktraṁ su-kapolam un-nasam śokāpanoda-smita-leśa-sundaraṁ karoṣi pārokṣyam asādhu te kṛtam

Translation

你曾向我们显现穆昆达的面容——乌黑发丝环绕，秀美双颊与挺拔鼻梁相映，更因那能驱散忧苦的淡淡微笑而无比动人。如今你却使那面容隐而不见；你这作为实在不善。

Synonyms
यःwho
यः:
Karta (कर्ता/subject; correlating to implied ‘सः’)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative pronoun)
त्वम्you
त्वम्:
Karta (कर्ता/subject)
TypeNoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
प्रदर्श्यhaving shown
प्रदर्श्य:
Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootदृश् (धातु)
Formल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive) with उपसर्ग ‘प्र’—‘having shown’
असित-कुन्तल-आवृतम्covered with dark curls
असित-कुन्तल-आवृतम्:
Visheshana (विशेषण of मुकुन्दवक्त्रम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootअसित (प्रातिपदिक) + कुन्तल (प्रातिपदिक) + आवृत (कृदन्त, √वृ + आ)
Formतत्पुरुष: ‘असितैः कुन्तलैः आवृतम्’ (covered by black curls); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; मुकुन्द-वक्त्रम् विशेषयति
मुकुन्द-वक्त्रम्Mukunda’s face
मुकुन्द-वक्त्रम्:
Karma (कर्म/object of प्रदर्श्य)
TypeNoun
Rootमुकुन्द (प्रातिपदिक) + वक्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुष: ‘मुकुन्दस्य वक्त्रम्’ (Mukunda’s face); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन
सु-कपोलम्with lovely cheeks
सु-कपोलम्:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootसु (अव्यय-उपसर्गवत्) + कपोल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formकर्मधारय: ‘सुन्दरौ कपोलौ यस्य’ (with beautiful cheeks); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; वक्त्रम् विशेषयति
उन्नसम्with a prominent nose
उन्नसम्:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootउत् (उपसर्ग) + नास (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘उन्नत-नासम्’ (with prominent nose)
शोक-अपनोद-स्मित-लेश-सुन्दरम्beautiful with a faint smile that removes sorrow
शोक-अपनोद-स्मित-लेश-सुन्दरम्:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootशोक (प्रातिपदिक) + अपनोद (प्रातिपदिक) + स्मित (प्रातिपदिक) + लेश (प्रातिपदिक) + सुन्दर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formबहुपद-तत्पुरुष: ‘शोकस्य अपनोदः’ (removal of sorrow) + ‘स्मितस्य लेशः’ (a trace of smile) → तेन सुन्दरम्; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; वक्त्रम् विशेषयति
करोषिyou do/make
करोषि:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (धातु)
Formलट् (Present), परस्मैपद; मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन
पारोक्ष्यम्disappearance/being out of sight
पारोक्ष्यम्:
Karma (कर्म/object of करोषि)
TypeNoun
Rootपारोक्ष्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘being out of sight/indirectness’
असाधुnot proper
असाधु:
Visheshana (विशेषण of कृतम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootअसाधु (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; here predicate adjective with कृतम्—‘not good’
तेby you/your
ते:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी (Genitive), एकवचन
कृतम्(this) act is done
कृतम्:
Karta-sāmānādhikaraṇa / Predicate (विधेय)
TypeNoun
Rootकृत (कृदन्त, √कृ)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘(this) deed’
Characters & Entities
M
Mukunda (Śrī Kṛṣṇa)
A
Akrūra
G
Gopīs

FAQs

This verse shows the gopīs’ love at its peak: even a moment without Kṛṣṇa’s darśana feels unbearable, and His remembered smile becomes the very medicine that removes sorrow—yet separation makes their longing even stronger.

Akrūra had enabled their seeing Kṛṣṇa’s enchanting face, but as he prepared to take Kṛṣṇa toward Mathurā, the gopīs felt he was making Kṛṣṇa ‘out of sight’ to them; in the intensity of love, they call that act ‘not proper.’

When you cannot feel immediate “darśana” or closeness, deepen remembrance—through nāma-japa, śravaṇa of Kṛṣṇa-kathā, and steady practice—so that longing becomes a force that purifies and strengthens devotion rather than discouraging it.

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