Shloka 62

Uddhava Meets the Gopīs: Bhramara-gītā and Kṛṣṇa’s Message of Separation

Devanagari script

या वै श्रियार्चितमजादिभिराप्तकामै- र्योगेश्वरैरपि यदात्मनि रासगोष्ठ्याम् । कृष्णस्य तद् भगवत: चरणारविन्दं न्यस्तं स्तनेषु विजहु: परिरभ्य तापम् ॥ ६२ ॥

Transliteration

yā vai śriyārcitam ajādibhir āpta-kāmair yogeśvarair api yad ātmani rāsa-goṣṭhyām kṛṣṇasya tad bhagavataḥ caraṇāravindaṁ nyastaṁ staneṣu vijahuḥ parirabhya tāpam

Translation

奎师那的莲足，连吉祥天女、梵天以及诸位成就瑜伽的大自在者，也只能在心中礼拜；然而在罗娑会中，至尊主奎师那竟将那莲足置于牧女们的胸前。她们拥抱那莲足，便舍离一切忧苦热恼。

Synonyms

• yā: which
• yā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; relative pronoun referring to caraṇāravindam

• vai: indeed
• vai: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vai (अव्यय)
• Form: Emphatic particle (निपात)

• śriyā: by Śrī (Lakṣmī)
• śriyā: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular

• arcitam: worshipped
• arcitam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: arc (धातु)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त), Neuter, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; qualifying yā (caraṇāravindam)

• aja-ādibhiḥ: by Brahmā and others
• aja-ādibhiḥ: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aja (प्रातिपदिक) + ādi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Plural; 'by Brahmā and others'

• āpta-kāmaiḥ: with fulfilled desires
• āpta-kāmaiḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: āpta (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक) + kāma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Plural; bahuvrīhi: 'whose desires are fulfilled' qualifying aja-ādibhiḥ/yogeśvaraiḥ

• yogeśvaraiḥ: by great yogīs
• yogeśvaraiḥ: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yoga (प्रातिपदिक) + īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Plural; 'by lords of yoga'

• api: even
• api: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle (निपात) 'also/even'

• yat: which
• yat: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; relative pronoun; object of vijahuḥ (understood: 'which (they placed)')

• ātmani: in the heart/self
• ātmani: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ātman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular; 'in themselves/at heart'

• rāsa-goṣṭhyām: in the rāsa gathering
• rāsa-goṣṭhyām: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rāsa (प्रातिपदिक) + goṣṭhī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular; 'in the rāsa assembly'

• kṛṣṇasya: of Kṛṣṇa
• kṛṣṇasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṛṣṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular

• tat: that
• tat: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; demonstrative pronoun referring to caraṇāravindam

• bhagavataḥ: of the Lord
• bhagavataḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhagavat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular

• caraṇa-aravindam: the lotus feet
• caraṇa-aravindam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: caraṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + aravinda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; 'lotus-feet' (lit. lotus of the feet)

• nyastam: placed
• nyastam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ni + as (धातु)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त), Neuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; qualifying caraṇa-aravindam: 'placed'

• staneṣu: on (their) breasts
• staneṣu: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: stana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Plural

• vijahuḥ: they gave up/abandoned
• vijahuḥ: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi + hā (धातु)
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), Parasmaipada, 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Plural

• parirabhya: having embraced
• parirabhya: Kriya (क्रिया/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pari + rabh (धातु)
• Form: Absolutive/Gerund (ल्यप्)

• tāpam: distress/heat of suffering
• tāpam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular

Characters & Entities

• Kṛṣṇa
• Śrī (Lakṣmī-devī)
• Brahmā (Aja)
• Gopīs

FAQs

What does the Srimad Bhagavatam say about the glory of Krishna’s lotus feet?

This verse says Kṛṣṇa’s lotus feet are worshiped by Lakṣmī and Brahmā and sought by great yogīs, yet they were intimately placed on the gopīs’ breasts in the rāsa dance—showing the supreme privilege of pure bhakti.

Why are the gopīs described as receiving what even Lakṣmī and the yogīs seek?

Because the gopīs’ love is utterly selfless and exclusive to Kṛṣṇa; the Bhāgavatam highlights that such prema-bhakti grants the Lord’s closest intimacy beyond what is attained by position, austerity, or yogic power.

Practical application of viraha-bhakti (devotion in separation) in modern life?

Transform longing and emotional pain into remembrance of God—through nāma-japa, hearing Kṛṣṇa-kathā, and sincere prayer—so the heart’s “tāpa” becomes a force that deepens devotion rather than despair.