Shloka 85

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

Devanagari script

ततस्त्वजीजनत्‌ कृष्णा नक्षत्रे वल्निदेवते सहदेवात्‌ सुतं तस्माच्छुतसेनेति यं विदु:,तदनन्तर कृष्णाने सहदेवसे अग्निदेवतासम्बन्धी कृत्तिका नक्षत्रमें एक पुत्र उत्पन्न किया, इसलिये उसका नाम श्रुतसेन रखा गया (श्रुतसेन अग्निका ही नामान्तर है)

Transliteration

tatas tv ajījanat kṛṣṇā nakṣatre vahnidaivate sahadevāt sutaṃ tasmāc chrutaseneti yaṃ viduḥ

Translation

Dann gebar Kṛṣṇā (Draupadī) Sahadeva einen Sohn unter dem Asterismus Kṛttikā, dessen Schutzgottheit Agni ist. Daher wurde er Śrutasena genannt—ein Name, den man mit Agni in Verbindung bringt.

Word by Word

ततःthen, thereafter

तुbut/indeed (emphasis)

अजीजनत्she bore/gave birth (to)

कृष्णाKṛṣṇā (Draupadī)

नक्षत्रेin (the) lunar mansion/asterism

वह्निदेवतेwhose presiding deity is Agni

सहदेवात्from Sahadeva

सुतम्a son

तस्मात्therefore, for that reason

श्रुतसेनŚrutasena (proper name)

इतिthus, as

यम्whom

विदुःthey know/call

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśaṃpāyana

Kṛṣṇā (Draupadī)

Sahadeva

Śrutasena

Agni (Vahni)

Kṛttikā (nakṣatra)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse reflects the traditional Indian view that birth under a particular nakṣatra carries a divine association, and that naming can honor or mirror that presiding deity—linking human lineage with cosmic and ritual order.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśaṃpāyana states that Draupadī bore Sahadeva a son during Kṛttikā, whose deity is Agni; hence the child is known as Śrutasena, a name understood to be connected with Agni.