Srimad Bhagavatam — Tritiya Skandha, Shloka 35

Kardama Muni’s Penance, Viṣṇu’s Darśana, and the Arrangement of Devahūti’s Marriage

Devanagari script

अथ सम्प्रस्थिते शुक्ले कर्दमो भगवानृषि: । आस्ते स्म बिन्दुसरसि तं कालं प्रतिपालयन् ॥ ३५ ॥

Transliteration

atha samprasthite śukle kardamo bhagavān ṛṣiḥ āste sma bindusarasi taṁ kālaṁ pratipālayan

Translation

随后，至上主离去之后，受敬的圣者迦尔达摩住在宾度湖畔，静候主先前所宣示的时刻。

Synonyms

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connecting particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनुक्रम/आरम्भसूचक (sequence/beginning marker)

• सम्प्रस्थिते: when (it) had set out/begun
• सम्प्रस्थिते: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/locative absolute)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-प्र-स्था (धातु) → सम्प्रस्थित (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त/क्तवत्-प्रायः); सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; पुं/नपुं (contextual) — ‘when (it) had set out/when it had begun’

• शुक्ले: in the bright (fortnight)
• शुक्ले: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुक्ल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; (मासे) शुक्ले = in the bright fortnight/month (contextual)

• कर्दमः: Kardama
• कर्दमः: Karta (कर्ता/subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्दम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• भगवान्: venerable/divine
• भगवान्: Karta (कर्ता/subject-qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भगवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifier)

• ऋषिः: sage
• ऋषिः: Karta (कर्ता/apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्दमस्य विशेषण/अप्पोजिशन

• आस्ते: remained/sat
• आस्ते: Kriya (क्रिया/predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present/लट्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• स्म: indeed/then (past narrative marker)
• स्म: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्म (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; भूतार्थ/स्मरणार्थक निपात (particle indicating past narrative)

• बिन्दुसरसि: in (the lake) Bindusaras
• बिन्दुसरसि: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बिन्दु-सरस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी/सम्बन्ध): बिन्दोः सरस्; नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन

• तम्: that
• तम्: Karma (कर्म/object-qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; विशेषण (कालयम्)

• कालम्: time/period
• कालम्: Karma (कर्म/object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• प्रतिपालयन्: waiting for/observing
• प्रतिपालयन्: Karta (कर्ता/agent-participle)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रति-पाल् (धातु) → प्रतिपालयत् (कृदन्त)
• Form: वर्तमानकृदन्त (शतृ/Present active participle); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्तरि—आस्ते इत्यस्य सहवर्ती क्रिया (concomitant action)

Characters & Entities

• Kardama Muni

FAQs

What does the Srimad Bhagavatam say about waiting for the right time (kāla)?

This verse shows Kardama Muni calmly staying at Bindu-sarovara, indicating that a devotee-sage respects divine timing and does not act impatiently, trusting the Lord’s arrangement through kāla.

Why was Kardama Muni staying at Bindu-sarovara in Canto 3?

In the narrative of Kardama and Devahūti, Kardama remains at the sacred Bindu-sarovara, awaiting the auspicious moment for the next divinely guided events to unfold.

Practical application of patience and faith in modern life based on this shloka?

Like Kardama, focus on steady practice and duty while allowing outcomes to ripen in their proper time—reducing anxiety and strengthening trust in a higher order.