Srimad Bhagavatam — Dashama Skandha, Shloka 27

The Syamantaka Jewel: Accusation, Recovery, and Kṛṣṇa’s Marriage to Satyabhāmā

Devanagari script

त्वं हि विश्वसृजां स्रष्टा सृष्टानामपि यच्च सत् । काल: कलयतामीश: पर आत्मा तथात्मनाम् ॥ २७ ॥

Transliteration

tvaṁ hi viśva-sṛjām sraṣṭā sṛṣṭānām api yac ca sat kālaḥ kalayatām īśaḥ para ātmā tathātmanām

Translation

你是诸宇宙造化者之上的至高造物主；一切所造之物中，你是内在的根本实质。你是降伏一切降伏者的时间之主，是至上主宰，也是众生诸魂的至上灵（Paramātmā）。

Synonyms

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (pronoun), उत्तमपुरुषार्थे (2nd person), एकवचन, प्रथमा (1st case, nominative)

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), अवधान/हेतु-भाव (emphasis/indeed)

• विश्वसृजाम्: of the creators of the universe
• विश्वसृजाम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश्व-सृज् (प्रातिपदिक); विश्व + सृज्
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (genitive determinative), पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th case, genitive), बहुवचन

• स्रष्टा: creator
• स्रष्टा: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्रष्टृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case, nominative), एकवचन

• सृष्टानाम्: of the created beings
• सृष्टानाम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सृष्ट (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √सृज् (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्गे प्रयोगः (as collective), षष्ठी (6th case, genitive), बहुवचन

• अपि: also/even
• अपि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), समुच्चय/अपि-भाव (also/even)

• यत्: whatever/that which
• यत्: Visheshya (विशेष्य/relative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (relative pronoun), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd case), एकवचन; ‘यच्च सत्’ इति सम्बन्धे

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• सत्: existent/real being
• सत्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत् (प्रातिपदिक; √अस् (धातु) + शतृ/सत्)
• Form: वर्तमानकृदन्त (present participial stem used substantively), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd case), एकवचन

• कालः: Time
• कालः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case, nominative), एकवचन

• कलयताम्: (they) measure/ordain
• कलयताम्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कल्/कलय् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (present), परस्मैपद, तृतीयपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; धात्वर्थः ‘गणयति/नियच्छति’ (to reckon/measure/ordain)

• ईशः: the Lord
• ईशः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ईश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case, nominative), एकवचन

• परः: supreme
• परः: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case, nominative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifier)

• आत्मा: Self
• आत्मा: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case, nominative), एकवचन

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb), ‘एवम्/तद्वत्’ (thus/likewise)

• आत्मनाम्: of the selves (of all beings)
• आत्मनाम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th case, genitive), बहुवचन

Purport

As Lord Kapila states in the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (3.25.42) : mṛtyuś carati mad-bhayāt. “Death himself moves about out of fear of Me.”

Characters & Entities

• Kṛṣṇa
• Jāmbavān

FAQs

What does the Srimad Bhagavatam say about Krishna as Paramatma?

This verse identifies Kṛṣṇa as the para ātmā (Paramātmā), the supreme Self present within the hearts of all living beings, governing and sustaining them from within.

Why did Jambavan say this to Krishna in Canto 10 Chapter 56?

After encountering Kṛṣṇa during the events surrounding the Syamantaka jewel, Jāmbavān recognizes Kṛṣṇa’s supreme divinity and offers praise, affirming Him as the source of creation, Time, and the indwelling Lord.

Practical application of seeing God as Time (Kala) in modern life?

Remembering the Lord as Kāla helps one value time, act with dharma and discipline, reduce procrastination, and cultivate steady devotion by seeing every moment as governed by the Supreme.