Shloka 74

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

Devanagari script

आगमगमे च प्रयोगे च चक्रे तुल्यमिवात्मना । तुतोष पुत्र सौभद्रं प्रेक्षमाणो धनंजय:,धनंजयने अभिमन्युको (अस्त्र-शस्त्रोंक) आगम और प्रयोगमें अपने समान बना दिया था। वे सुभद्राकुमारको देखकर बहुत संतुष्ट रहते थे

Transliteration

āgamāgame ca prayoge ca cakre tulyam ivātmanā | tutoṣa putra-saubhadraṁ prekṣamāṇo dhanañjayaḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: In the study of the āgamas and in practical application as well, Dhanañjaya (Arjuna) trained Subhadrā’s son so thoroughly that he became, as it were, equal to Arjuna himself. Watching the boy Abhimanyu, Arjuna remained deeply pleased—an image of a teacher’s duty fulfilled and a father’s joy in a worthy heir to skill and responsibility.

Word by Word

आगमगमेin (the matters of) learning/tradition and going/approach (i.e., acquisition)

चand

प्रयोगेin practice/application

चand

चक्रेmade, fashioned

तुल्यम्equal, similar

इवas if, like

आत्मनाby himself; with his own self

तुतोषwas pleased, rejoiced

पुत्रम्the son

सौभद्रम्son of Subhadrā (Abhimanyu)

प्रेक्षमाणःseeing, looking at

धनंजयःDhanañjaya (Arjuna)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Dhanañjaya (Arjuna)

Abhimanyu

Subhadrā

Sandhi Notes