Shloka 32

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

Devanagari script

चारुदेष्णश्न विक्रान्तो झिल्ली विपृथुरेव च । सारणश्न महाबाहुर्गदश्न विदुषां वर:,सत्यक, सात्यकि, सात्वतवंशी कृतवर्मा, प्रद्युम्मन, साम्ब, निशठ, शंकु, पराक्रमी चारुदेष्ण, झिल्ली, विपृथु, महाबाहु सारण तथा दिद्वानोंमें श्रेष्ठ गद--ये तथा और दूसरे भी बहुत-से वृष्णि, भोज और अन्धकवंशके लोग दहेजकी बहुत-सी सामग्री लेकर खाण्डवप्रस्थमें आये थे

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca |

cārudeṣṇaś ca vikrānto jhillī vipṛthur eva ca |

sāraṇaś ca mahābāhur gadaś ca viduṣāṃ varaḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana sprach: Der tapfere Cārudeṣṇa, ebenso Jhillī und Vipṛthu; Sāraṇa mit mächtigen Armen; und Gada, der Erste unter den Weisen — diese, zusammen mit vielen anderen aus den Geschlechtern der Vṛṣṇi, Bhoja und Andhaka, kamen nach Khāṇḍavaprastha und brachten reichliche Brautgaben. Die Stelle betont die soziale Ethik, das Ehebündnis durch großzügige, öffentliche Gaben zu ehren und die Verwandtschaft zu versammeln, um eine dharmische Verbindung zu stützen.

Word by Word

चारुदेष्णःCharudeshna (a Vrishni hero)

विक्रान्तःvaliant, bold

झिल्लीJhilli (a person’s name)

विपृथुःViprithu (a person’s name)

एवindeed, also

चand

सारणःSarana (a person’s name)

महाबाहुःmighty-armed

गदःGada (a person’s name)

विदुषाम्of the learned

वरःbest, foremost

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Cārudeṣṇa

Jhillī

Vipṛthu

Sāraṇa

Gada

Khāṇḍavaprastha

Vṛṣṇi clan

Bhoja clan

Andhaka clan

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?

The verse highlights dharmic social conduct: family solidarity and the honoring of marital alliances through public support and generous gifting, reflecting responsibility to kin and community.

What is happening in the narrative?

A group of prominent Yādava/Vṛṣṇi figures—Cārudeṣṇa, Jhillī, Vipṛthu, Sāraṇa, and Gada—arrive at Khāṇḍavaprastha, accompanied by many others from related clans, bringing substantial bridal gifts for the occasion.