Shloka 16

Devanagari script

प्रद्युम्नाच्चापि निर्मुक्ता जीव॑ संकर्षणं तत:

Transliteration

pradyumnāccāpi nirmuktā jīvaṃ saṅkarṣaṇaṃ tataḥ

Translation

Nārada disse: “De Pradyumna também foi liberado o princípio vital; e, em seguida, ele entrou em Saṅkarṣaṇa. A passagem aponta para a retirada e a transferência ordenadas do poder vital, sugerindo uma sequência disciplinada e conforme ao dharma na dissolução, e não caos.”

Word by Word

प्रद्युम्नात्from Pradyumna

चand

अपिalso/even

निर्मुक्ताreleased/freed (having been released)

जीवम्the living being/soul

संकर्षणम्Sankarshana (Balarama)

ततःthen/thereupon/from that

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

Nārada

Pradyumna

Saṅkarṣaṇa

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Sandhi Notes

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.