Shloka 79

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

Devanagari script

युधिष्ठिरात्‌ प्रतिविन्ध्यं सुतसोम॑ वृकोदरात्‌ । अर्जुनाच्छुतकर्माणं शतानीकं च नाकुलिम्‌,युधिष्ठिरसे प्रतिविन्ध्य, भीमसेनसे सुतसोम, अर्जुनसे श्रुतकर्मा, नकुलसे शतानीक और सहदेवसे श्रुतसेन उत्पन्न हुए थे। इन पाँच वीर महारथी पुत्रोंको पांचाली (द्रौपदी)-ने उसी प्रकार जन्म दिया, जैसे अदितिने बारह आदित्योंको

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca |

yudhiṣṭhirāt prativindhyaṃ sutasomaṃ vṛkodarāt |

arjunāc chrutakarmāṇaṃ śatānīkaṃ ca nākulim |

Translation

Dijo Vaiśampāyana: De Yudhiṣṭhira nació Prativindhya; de Vṛkodara (Bhīma), Sutasoma; de Arjuna, Śrutakarmā; y de Nakula, Śatānīka. Así Pāñcālī (Draupadī) dio a luz a estos cinco hijos heroicos—grandes guerreros de carro—tal como Aditi engendró en otro tiempo a los doce Ādityas.

Word by Word

युधिष्ठिरात्from Yudhiṣṭhira

प्रतिविन्ध्यम्Prativindhya (name)

सुतसोमम्Sutasoma (name)

वृकोदरात्from Vṛkodara (Bhīma)

अर्जुनात्from Arjuna

श्रुतकर्माणम्Śrutakarman (name)

शतानीकम्Śatānīka (name)

चand

नाकुलिम्Nāculī/Nākulī (Nakula’s son; i.e., Śatānīka) (acc.)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Yudhiṣṭhira

Prativindhya

Vṛkodara (Bhīma)

Sutasoma

Arjuna

Śrutakarmā

Nakula

Śatānīka

Pāñcālī (Draupadī)

Aditi

Ādityas

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse emphasizes continuity of dharmic lineage: the Pandavas’ household is shown as divinely patterned through a Vedic analogy (Aditi and the Ādityas), underscoring the cultural ideal that righteous kingship and duty are sustained through worthy progeny.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana lists the sons born to Draupadī from each Pandava—Prativindhya (Yudhiṣṭhira), Sutasoma (Bhīma), Śrutakarmā (Arjuna), and Śatānīka (Nakula)—and frames their birth as a moment of auspicious, almost cosmic significance by comparing it to Aditi bearing the twelve Ādityas.