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 thưa: Tâu Đại vương! Sau khi kính lễ và tôn vinh dòng sông thiêng ấy, hết thảy các bậc quân vương—đứng đầu là Śrī Kṛṣṇa—đã xin phép nàng; được nàng chuẩn thuận, họ liền rời nơi ấy mà trở về.

Word by Word

• सत्कृत्य: having honored / after honoring
• Type: Verb
• Root: सत् + कृत्य (कृ धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund), कृ, having honored

• ते: they
• ते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• ताम्: that (her)
• ताम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• सरितम्: river
• सरितम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सरित्
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• ततः: then; from there
• ततः: Apadana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः
• Form: true

• कृष्णमुखाः: those whose leader/foremost was Kṛṣṇa (Kṛṣṇa-headed)
• कृष्णमुखाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृष्णमुख
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• नृप: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• अनुज्ञाताः: having been permitted / granted leave
• अनुज्ञाताः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: अनुज्ञा (अनु + ज्ञा धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• तया: by her (by that [river])
• तया: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• न्यवर्तन्त: returned / turned back
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि + वृत्
• Form: लङ् (imperfect/past), प्रथम, बहुवचन, आत्मनेपद

• जनाधिपाः: lords of people; kings
• जनाधिपाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: जनाधिप
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Śrī Kṛṣṇa
• Gaṅgā (the sacred river, implied by context)
• kings/rulers (janādhipāḥ)

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.