Shloka 71
Śārṅgakānāṃ Avināśaḥ (Why the Śārṅga Birds Were Spared) | शार्ङ्गकानामविनाशः
जन्मप्रभृति कृष्णश्व चक्रे तस्य क्रिया: शुभा: । स चापि ववृधे बाल: शुक्लपक्षे यथा शशी,श्रीकृष्णने जन्मसे ही उसके लालन-पालनकी सुन्दर व्यवस्थाएँ की थीं। बालक अभिमन्यु शुक्लपक्षके चन्द्रमाकी भाँति दिनोंदिन बढ़ने लगा
janmaprabhṛti kṛṣṇaśva cakre tasya kriyāḥ śubhāḥ | sa cāpi vavṛdhe bālaḥ śuklapakṣe yathā śaśī ||
Vaiśampāyana sprach: Von seiner Geburt an ließ Kṛṣṇaśva für das Kind glückverheißende Riten vollziehen und sorgte für die rechte Pflege. Und der Knabe wuchs, so behütet, Tag um Tag heran—wie der Mond, der in der hellen Monatshälfte zunimmt.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the dharmic ideal that a child’s flourishing is supported by conscientious guardianship—through auspicious rites, disciplined care, and a wholesome environment—so that growth becomes steady and luminous, like the waxing moon.
Vaiśampāyana narrates that Kṛṣṇaśva, from the child’s birth, performed and arranged auspicious observances and proper care; consequently the boy prospered and grew day by day, compared poetically to the moon increasing during the bright fortnight.