Shloka 16

नागैः सह ब्राह्मणस्य अतिथिधर्म-व्रतसंवादः | The Brahmin’s Vow and the Nāgas’ Hospitality Appeal

Devanagari script

प्रद्युम्नाच्चापि निर्मुक्ता जीव॑ संकर्षणं तत:

Transliteration

pradyumnāccāpi nirmuktā jīvaṃ saṅkarṣaṇaṃ tataḥ

Translation

নারদ বললেন—“প্রদ্যুম্ন থেকেও জীবন-তত্ত্ব মুক্ত হল; তারপর তা সংকর্ষণে প্রবেশ করল।”

Word by Word

• प्रद्युम्नात्: from Pradyumna
• प्रद्युम्नात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रद्युम्न
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• अपि: also/even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• निर्मुक्ता: released/freed (having been released)
• निर्मुक्ता: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निर्मुक्त
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• जीवम्: the living being/soul
• जीवम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: जीव
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• संकर्षणम्: Sankarshana (Balarama)
• संकर्षणम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: संकर्षण
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• ततः: then/thereupon/from that
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Pradyumna
• Saṅkarṣaṇa

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights an ordered, principled movement of the life-force during withdrawal (laya): vitality is not depicted as random but as following a hierarchy. Ethically, it reinforces the idea that even endings should be governed by order (niyama) and dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

Nārada describes a sequence in which the life-principle is released from Pradyumna and then proceeds into Saṅkarṣaṇa, indicating a transfer or reabsorption of power within a structured cosmological framework.