Shloka 29

Śārṅgakānāṃ Avināśaḥ (Why the Śārṅga Birds Were Spared) | शार्ङ्गकानामविनाशः

Devanagari script

तत्र दानपतिर्धीमानाजगाम महायशा: । अक्ूरो वृष्णिवीराणां सेनापतिररिंदम:,उस समय वहाँ वृष्णिवीरोंके सेनापति शत्रुदमन महायशस्वी और परम बुद्धिमान्‌ दानपति अक्रूरजी भी आये थे

Transliteration

tatra dānapatir dhīmān ājagāma mahāyaśāḥ | akrūro vṛṣṇivīrāṇāṃ senāpatir arindamaḥ ||

Translation

Dann kam auch Akrūra dorthin — ruhmreich und von hoher Klugheit, berühmt als Herr der Freigebigkeit — als Befehlshaber der Vṛṣṇi-Helden, ein Bezwinger der Feinde. Die Erzählung hebt das Eintreffen eines tugendhaften und fähigen Führers hervor, dessen Weisheit und Großmut die rechte Ordnung und die Disziplin der Krieger stützen.

Word by Word

तत्रthere

दानपतिःlord of gifts; generous patron

धीमान्wise, intelligent

आगच्छत्came

महायशाःof great fame

अक्रूरःAkrura

वृष्णिवीराणाम्of the Vrishni heroes

सेनापतिःcommander of the army

अरिंदमःfoe-subduer; crusher of enemies

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Akrūra

Vṛṣṇi warriors (Vṛṣṇivīrāḥ)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse foregrounds ideal qualities in a public leader—wisdom (dhī), generosity (dāna), and the capacity to restrain hostility (arindama). Ethical strength is shown not only through martial role (senāpati) but through virtues that sustain social order and righteous conduct.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana reports that Akrūra arrives at the gathering/scene. He is described with honorific epithets: a famed, intelligent patron of gifts, and the commander of the Vṛṣṇi warriors, known for subduing enemies.