Srimad Bhagavatam — Dvitiya Skandha, Shloka 16

Parīkṣit’s Full Surrender and Śukadeva’s Maṅgalācaraṇa to Kṛṣṇa

Inquiry into Creation, Maintenance, and Dissolution

Devanagari script

विचक्षणा यच्चरणोपसादनात् सङ्गं व्युदस्योभयतोऽन्तरात्मन: । विन्दन्ति हि ब्रह्मगतिं गतक्लमा- स्तस्मै सुभद्रश्रवसे नमो नम: ॥ १६ ॥

Transliteration

vicakṣaṇā yac-caraṇopasādanāt saṅgaṁ vyudasyobhayato ’ntar-ātmanaḥ vindanti hi brahma-gatiṁ gata-klamās tasmai subhadra-śravase namo namaḥ

Translation

我再三顶礼至吉祥的圣克里希纳：智者只要投靠祂的莲足，便能舍离对今生与来世的种种执著；无劳无倦，便趋向梵之归途——灵性存在。

Synonyms

• vicakṣaṇāḥ: the discerning (devotees)
• vicakṣaṇāḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vicakṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Plural (बहुवचन); ‘the discerning ones’

• yat: from which
• yat: Apadana (अपादान/Source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Relative pronoun, Neuter, Ablative (पञ्चमी/5), Singular (एकवचन); with -āt in next pada via compound/sandhi sense

• caraṇa-upasādanāt: from approaching (his) feet
• caraṇa-upasādanāt: Apadana (अपादान/Source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: caraṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + upasādana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Ablative (पञ्चमी/5), Singular (एकवचन); ‘from approaching the feet’

• saṅgam: attachment / association
• saṅgam: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया/2), Singular (एकवचन)

• vyudasya: having cast away
• vyudasya: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया/Absolutive)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vi-ud-√as (धातु)
• Form: Gerund/Absolutive (क्त्वा/ल्यप्), avyaya; ‘having cast off’

• ubhayataḥ: entirely / on both sides
• ubhayataḥ: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण/Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ubhayataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: Adverb (क्रियाविशेषण अव्यय) ‘on both sides / completely’

• antar-ātmanaḥ: of the inner Self
• antar-ātmanaḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: antar-ātman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Genitive (षष्ठी/6), Singular (एकवचन); ‘of the inner Self’

• vindanti: attain / find
• vindanti: Kriya (क्रिया/Verbal action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vid (धातु; vind ‘to find’)
• Form: Present (लट्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Plural (बहुवचन), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद)

• hi: indeed
• hi: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle (निपात) of emphasis/indeed

• brahma-gatim: the Brahman-attainment
• brahma-gatim: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahman (प्रातिपदिक) + gati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया/2), Singular (एकवचन); ‘the attainment/state of Brahman’

• gata-klamāḥ: free from weariness
• gata-klamāḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: gata (कृदन्त; √gam धातु) + klama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Plural (बहुवचन); bahuvrīhi ‘those whose fatigue has gone’

• tasmai: to him
• tasmai: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान/Recipient)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Dative (चतुर्थी/4), Singular

• subhadra-śravase: to the one of auspicious fame
• subhadra-śravase: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान/Recipient)
• Type: Noun
• Root: subhadra (प्रातिपदिक) + śravas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Dative, Singular; epithet

• namaḥ: obeisance
• namaḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Salutation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: namas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular; salutation

• namaḥ: obeisance
• namaḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Salutation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: namas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular; repetition

Purport

Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa has repeatedly instructed Arjuna, or for that matter everyone concerned with becoming His unalloyed devotee. In the last phase of His instruction in the Bhagavad-gītā (18.64-66) He instructed most confidentially as follows:

FAQs

How does Srimad Bhagavatam describe the way to attain Brahman realization?

This verse says that by taking shelter of the Lord’s lotus feet, the wise give up material association externally and internally, and thus attain brahma-gati—spiritual realization.

Who is being offered obeisances to in Bhagavatam 2.4.16 and why?

Śukadeva offers repeated obeisances to the Supreme Lord, whose glories are “subhadra-śrava”—auspicious to hear—because such hearing and surrender purify the heart and lead to liberation.

What is a practical way to apply “giving up attachment from within and without” today?

Regularly hear and chant the Lord’s glories, reduce harmful influences and habits, and cultivate inner renunciation by redirecting attention from cravings to devotion and remembrance.