Shloka 82

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

Devanagari script

सुते सोमसहस्रे तु सोमार्कसमतेजसम्‌ । सुतसोमं महेष्वासं सुषुवे भीमसेनत:,भीमसेनके सहस्र सोमयाग करनेके पश्चात्‌ द्रौपदीने उनसे सोम और सूर्यके समान तेजस्वी महान्‌ धनुर्थर पुत्रको उत्पन्न किया था, इसलिये उसका नाम सुतसोम रखा गया

Transliteration

sute somasahasre tu somārkasamatejasam | sutasomaṁ maheṣvāsaṁ suṣuve bhīmasenataḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana sprach: Als wären tausend Soma-Opfer (Soma-yajña) vollendet, gebar Draupadī dem Bhīmasena einen mächtigen Bogenschützen namens Sutasoma, strahlend wie Soma und wie die Sonne. Der Vers hebt hervor, wie Name und Ruhm des Kindes durch Opferverdienst und leuchtende Tugend gerahmt werden und so die Abstammung mit dem Ansehen des Dharma verbinden.

Word by Word

सुतेin/with the son (being born)

सोमसहस्रेin a thousand Soma(-sacrifices)

तुbut/indeed

सोमSoma (the moon-god)

अर्कArka (the sun)

समequal to

तेजसम्radiant, possessing splendor

सुतसोमम्Sutasoma (name of the son)

महेष्वासम्great bowman

सुषुवेgave birth (to)

भीमसेनतःfrom Bhimasena

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Sutasoma

Bhīmasena

Soma

Arka (Sun)

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 links personal excellence (tejas, martial capability) and social recognition (naming, fame) with the idiom of sacrificial merit, suggesting that lineage is ideally celebrated through dharmic prestige and luminous virtue rather than mere power.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana narrates the birth of Sutasoma, describing him as a great archer and comparing his radiance to the Moon (Soma) and the Sun (Arka), and indicating Bhīmasena as his father.