Shloka 84

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

Devanagari script

शतानीकस्य राजर्षे: कौरव्यस्य महात्मन: । चक्रे पुत्र सनामानं नकुल: कीर्तिवर्धनम्‌,कौरवकुलके महामना राजर्षि शतानीकके नामपर नकुलने अपने कीर्तिवर्धक पुत्रका नाम शतानीक रख दिया

Transliteration

Vaiśampāyana uvāca | Śatānīkasya rājarṣeḥ Kauravyasya mahātmanaḥ | cakre putra-sa-nāmānaṃ Nakulaḥ kīrti-vardhanam |

Translation

Vaiśampāyana sprach: Nakula, der seinen Ruhm mehren wollte, gab seinem Sohn denselben Namen—Śatānīka—nach dem großherzigen Königsweisen Śatānīka aus der Kaurava-Linie.

Word by Word

शतानीकस्यof Śatānīka

राजर्षेःof the royal sage

कौरव्यस्यof the Kauravya (descendant of Kuru)

महात्मनःof the great-souled (one)

चक्रेmade / did

पुत्रson

सनामानम्having the (same) name / named

नकुलःNakula

कीर्तिवर्धनम्fame-increasing

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Nakula

Śatānīka

Kaurava lineage

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights a dharmic social ideal: honoring exemplary ancestors and strengthening lineage-identity through naming, thereby preserving memory (smṛti) and encouraging continuity of virtue and reputation (kīrti).

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana narrates that Nakula named his son Śatānīka, adopting the name of the renowned royal sage Śatānīka of the Kaurava line, as a fame-enhancing and lineage-affirming act.