Shloka 37

Devanagari script

सत्कृत्य ते तां सरितं तत: कृष्णमुखा नृप । अनुज्ञातास्तया सर्वे न्यवर्तन्त जनाधिपा:,नरेश्वर! श्रीकृष्ण आदि सब नरेश गंगाजीका सत्कार करके उनकी आज्ञा ले वहाँसे लौट आये

Transliteration

satkṛtya te tāṁ saritaṁ tataḥ kṛṣṇamukhā nṛpa | anujñātās tayā sarve nyavartanta janādhipāḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana berkata: Wahai raja! Setelah memuliakan sungai suci itu dengan penghormatan yang sewajarnya, semua raja—dipimpin oleh Śrī Kṛṣṇa—memohon izin daripadanya; setelah diizinkan, mereka pun kembali dari tempat itu.

Word by Word

सत्कृत्यhaving honored / after honoring

तेthey

ताम्that (her)

सरितम्river

ततःthen; from there

कृष्णमुखाःthose whose leader/foremost was Kṛṣṇa (Kṛṣṇa-headed)

नृपO king

अनुज्ञाताःhaving been permitted / granted leave

तयाby her (by that [river])

सर्वेall

न्यवर्तन्तreturned / turned back

जनाधिपाःlords of people; kings

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Śrī Kṛṣṇa

Gaṅgā (the sacred river, implied by context)

kings/rulers (janādhipāḥ)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even rulers should act with humility and restraint: they honor what is sacred and proceed only after receiving proper permission, reflecting dharma as disciplined conduct rather than mere power.

What is happening in the narrative?

After paying respects to the sacred river (understood as Gaṅgā) and receiving her leave, all the assembled kings—headed by Kṛṣṇa—depart and return from that location.