Shloka 16

Devanagari script

कृतमूलमिदानीं तज्ज्ञातिवृन्दे सहायवन्‌ । न शक्‍यं पुनरादातुं वान्तमन्नमिव त्वया,सहायशाली श्रीकृष्ण! इस समय उग्रसेनको दिया हुआ वह ऐश्वर्य दृढ़मूल हो चुका है। उमग्रसेनके साथ जातिके लोग भी सहायक हैं; अतः उगले हुए अन्नकी भाँति आप उस दिये हुए ऐश्वर्यको वापस नहीं ले सकते

Transliteration

kṛtamūlam idānīṁ taj jñātivṛnde sahāyavan | na śakyaṁ punar ādātuṁ vāntam annam iva tvayā ||

Translation

Narada berkata: “Wahai Krishna yang bertopang pada para penolong, kedaulatan yang dahulu kau anugerahkan kini telah berakar kuat, disangga oleh lingkaran kerabat. Karena itu, bahkan olehmu pun ia tak dapat diambil kembali—laksana makanan yang telah dimuntahkan.”

Word by Word

कृतमूलम्firmly rooted, well-established

इदानीम्now, at present

तत्that (thing/sovereignty)

ज्ञातिवृन्देin the circle/group of kinsmen

सहायवत्having helpers/support

नnot

शक्यम्possible

पुनःagain

आदातुम्to take back, to seize

वान्तम्vomited, disgorged

अन्नम्food

इवlike, as

त्वयाby you

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

Nārada

jñātivṛnda (kinsmen/clan-circle)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Once authority or wealth has been granted and has become socially entrenched with the backing of kin and allies, retracting it is both impracticable and ethically improper; a ruler should consider consequences before bestowing power.

What is happening in the narrative?

Nārada cautions that a previously conferred sovereignty has become firmly established through the support of the recipient’s clan; therefore it cannot be reclaimed, just as vomited food cannot be taken back.