Srimad Bhagavatam — Dashama Skandha, Shloka 25

Uddhava Sent to Vraja: Consolation to Nanda-Yaśodā and the Gopīs’ Separation

Devanagari script

तालत्रयं महासारं धनुर्यष्टिमिवेभराट् । बभञ्जैकेन हस्तेन सप्ताहमदधाद् गिरिम् ॥ २५ ॥

Transliteration

tāla-trayaṁ mahā-sāraṁ dhanur yaṣṭim ivebha-rāṭ babhañjaikena hastena saptāham adadhād girim

Translation

如王象折断细杖般轻易，奎师那以一手折断了长三塔拉的强大巨弓；又仅以一手托举山岳七日之久。

Synonyms

• tāla-trayam: three tāla trees
• tāla-trayam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tāla + traya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्विगु-समास (numerical): त्रयः तालाः; नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neut), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (singular)

• mahā-sāram: very solid/strong
• mahā-sāram: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahā + sāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास: महत् सारम्; नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neut), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (singular), विशेषण of tāla-trayam

• dhanuḥ: a bow
• dhanuḥ: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dhanus (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neut), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (singular)

• yaṣṭim: a staff/rod
• yaṣṭim: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yaṣṭi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (fem), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (singular)

• iva: like
• iva: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iva (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमानवाचक अव्यय (like)

• ibha-rāṭ: the king of elephants (a great elephant)
• ibha-rāṭ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ibha + rājan (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास: इभानां राट्/राजा; पुंलिङ्ग (masc), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (singular)

• babhañja: broke
• babhañja: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhañj (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular), परस्मैपद; √bhañj ‘to break’

• ekena: with one
• ekena: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: eka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसक (contextual), तृतीया (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (singular), विशेषण of hastena

• hastena: hand
• hastena: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hasta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masc), तृतीया (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (singular)

• saptāham: for seven days
• saptāham: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sapta + aha(n) (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्विगु-समास: सप्त अहानि; नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neut), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (singular) (time-extent)

• adadhāt: held/placed
• adadhāt: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dhā (धातु)
• Form: लुङ् (Aorist), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular), परस्मैपद; √dhā ‘to place/hold’

• girim: the mountain
• girim: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: giri (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masc), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (singular)

Purport

According to Ācārya Viśvanātha, a tāla (“palm tree”) is a measurement of about sixty hastas, or ninety feet. Thus the great bow Kṛṣṇa broke was two hundred seventy feet long.

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Kṛṣṇa
• Uddhava
• Vrajavāsīs

FAQs

What does the Srimad Bhagavatam say about Krishna lifting Govardhana for seven days?

This verse recalls Kṛṣṇa’s Govardhana-līlā: He sustained the mountain for seven days, demonstrating His divine power and His protection of the Vrajavāsīs.

Why does Shukadeva Goswami describe Krishna breaking the tala trees and lifting a mountain in this chapter?

In Canto 10 Chapter 46, Śukadeva highlights Kṛṣṇa’s extraordinary pastimes to deepen remembrance and devotion as Uddhava encounters the intense love of Vraja, where Kṛṣṇa’s deeds are constantly cherished.

Practical application of remembering Krishna’s pastimes in modern life?

Regularly recalling Kṛṣṇa’s protective and powerful līlās builds trust, steadies the mind in difficulty, and strengthens bhakti through hearing and contemplation (śravaṇa and smaraṇa).