Shloka 59

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

Devanagari script

ते समेता महात्मान: कुरुवृष्ण्यन्धकोत्तमा: । विजहुरमरावासे नरा: सुकृतिनो यथा,जैसे पुण्यात्मा मनुष्य देवलोकमें सुख भोगते हैं, उसी प्रकार कुरु, वृष्णि और अन्धकवंशके वे श्रेष्ठ महात्मा पुरुष एकत्र होकर इच्छानुसार विहार करने लगे

Transliteration

te sametā mahātmānaḥ kuruvṛṣṇyandhakottamāḥ | vijahur amarāvāse narāḥ sukṛtino yathā ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana sprach: Jene großherzigen Führer—die Vornehmsten unter den Kurus, Vṛṣṇis und Andhakas—kamen zusammen und begannen, in jener himmlischen Wohnstatt nach Belieben zu lustwandeln und sich zu ergötzen, wie tugendhafte Menschen kraft ihres Verdienstes Freude in der Welt der Götter genießen.

Word by Word

तेthey/those

समेताःassembled, gathered together

महात्मानःgreat-souled men

कुरु-वृष्णि-अन्धक-उत्तमाःthe best among the Kurus, Vrishnis, and Andhakas

विजहुःthey enjoyed/indulged in; they sported (lit. gave themselves up to)

अमर-आवासेin the abode of the immortals (heaven)

नराःmen

सुकृतिनःmeritorious, virtuous

यथाas, just as

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Kurus

Vṛṣṇis

Andhakas

Amarāvāsa (heavenly abode)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores the ethical idea that sukṛta (meritorious action) bears फल (result): the virtuous attain a heavenly state and enjoy happiness there, paralleling how these noble clansmen delight in the celestial abode.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana narrates that the foremost men of the Kuru, Vṛṣṇi, and Andhaka lineages have assembled in a heavenly realm and are freely enjoying themselves there, like righteous people who reach heaven through their good deeds.