Shloka 34

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

Devanagari script

ततो युधिष्छिरो राजा श्रुत्वा माधवमागतम्‌ । प्रतिग्रहार्थ कृष्णस्य यमौ प्रास्थापयत्‌ तदा,महाराज युधिष्ठिरने भगवान्‌ श्रीकृष्णका आगमन सुनकर उन्हें आदरपूर्वक लिवा लानेके लिये नकुल और सहदेवको भेजा

Transliteration

tato yudhiṣṭhiro rājā śrutvā mādhavam āgatam | pratigrahārthaṃ kṛṣṇasya yamau prāsthāpayat tadā, mahārāja ||

Translation

Da sandte König Yudhiṣṭhira, als er hörte, Mādhava (Śrī Kṛṣṇa) sei eingetroffen, sogleich die Zwillingsbrüder (Nakula und Sahadeva) aus, um Kṛṣṇa entgegenzugehen und ihn mit gebührender Ehre zu empfangen. Die Episode betont die dharmische Pflicht eines gerechten Königs, einen verehrten Gast—zumal einen, den man als göttlich ansieht—mit Respekt, Gastfreundschaft und angemessenem Protokoll zu begrüßen.

Word by Word

ततःthen, thereafter

युधिष्ठिरःYudhiṣṭhira

राजाking

श्रुत्वाhaving heard

माधवम्Mādhava (Kṛṣṇa)

आगतम्come, arrived

प्रतिग्रहार्थम्for the purpose of receiving (him)

कृष्णस्यof Kṛṣṇa

यमौthe twins (Nakula and Sahadeva)

प्रास्थापयत्sent forth, dispatched

तदाat that time

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśaṃpāyana

Yudhiṣṭhira

Mādhava (Śrī Kṛṣṇa)

Kṛṣṇa

Nakula

Sahadeva

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 dharma in the form of proper hospitality and reverence: a righteous ruler should promptly and respectfully receive an honored guest, especially a spiritually eminent person like Kṛṣṇa, by observing fitting social and ethical protocol.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśaṃpāyana narrates that Yudhiṣṭhira hears of Kṛṣṇa’s arrival and immediately sends the twin brothers, Nakula and Sahadeva, to welcome and escort him with honor.