Shloka 87

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

Devanagari script

जातकर्माण्यानुपूर्व्याच्चूडोपनयनानि च । चकार विधिवद्‌ धौम्यस्तेषां भरतसत्तम,भरतश्रेष्ठ! पुरोहित धौम्यने क्रमश: उन सभी बालकोंके जातकर्म, चूड़ाकरण और उपनयन आदि संस्कार विधिपूर्वक सम्पन्न किये

Transliteration

jātakarmāṇy anupūrvyāc cūḍopanayanāni ca | cakāra vidhivad dhaumyas teṣāṃ bharatasattama ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana sprach: „Dann vollzog Dhaumya—der Hauspriester—in der rechten Reihenfolge und nach den vorgeschriebenen Riten für jene Knaben die Sakramente, beginnend mit dem Jātakarma (Geburtsritus) und einschließlich der Tonsur (Cūḍākaraṇa) sowie der Einweihung mit dem heiligen Faden (Upanayana), o Bester der Bhāratas.“

Word by Word

• जातकर्माणि: birth-rites (jātakarma ceremonies)
• जातकर्माणि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: जातकर्मन्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• अनुपूर्व्यात्: in due order / sequentially (lit. from sequence)
• अनुपूर्व्यात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनुपूर्वी
• Form: Feminine, Ablative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• चूडोपनयनानि: tonsure and initiation (cūḍā and upanayana rites)
• चूडोपनयनानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: चूडोपनयन
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• चकार: performed / did
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• विधिवत्: according to rule; duly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विधिवत्

• धौम्यः: Dhaumya (the priest)
• धौम्यः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धौम्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तेषाम्: of them (of those boys)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• भरतसत्तम: O best of the Bharatas
• Type: Noun
• Root: भरतसत्तम
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Dhaumya
• Bharatas (dynasty)
• the boys (princes/children referred to in context)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights dharma through disciplined formation: even powerful royal children are shaped by properly ordered saṃskāras performed vidhivat by an authorized purohita/ācārya, emphasizing legitimacy, restraint, and continuity of sacred tradition.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana reports that Dhaumya, serving as family priest, carried out the boys’ life-cycle rites—jātakarma, cūḍākaraṇa, and upanayana—in correct sequence and according to ritual rules, marking their formal entry into social-religious duties and Vedic study.