Shloka 106

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

Devanagari script

न्यवर्तयत संहृष्टा ममैषा परमा मति: । “इस समय अर्जुनके पास मेरा सुप्रसिद्ध रथ है, मेरे ही अद्भुत घोड़े हैं और स्वयं अर्जुन शीघ्रता-पूर्वक अस्त्र-शस्त्र चलानेवाले योद्धा हैं। ऐसी दशामें अर्जुनकी समानता कौन कर सकता है? आपलोग प्रसन्नताके साथ दौड़े जाइये और बड़ी सान्त्वनासे धनंजयको लौटा लाइये। मेरी तो यही परम सम्मति है

Transliteration

nyavartayat saṁhṛṣṭā mamaiṣā paramā matiḥ |

Translation

Вайшампаяна сказал: Возрадовавшись, они повернули назад. Таково моё твёрдое и высшее суждение: «Сейчас у Арджуны — моя прославленная колесница, мои же дивные кони, и сам Арджуна — воин, стремительный в обращении с оружием. В таком положении кто сравнится с Арджуной? Ступайте с радостью и, с великим утешением, возвратите Дхананджаю. Таков мой высший совет».

Word by Word

• [{'term': 'nyavartayat', 'gloss': 'caused (them) to turn back

• turned back (contextually: they returned)'}, {'term': 'saṁhṛṣṭāḥ', 'gloss': 'delighted, exhilarated, joyful'}, {'term': 'mama', 'gloss': 'my'}, {'term': 'eṣā', 'gloss': 'this'}, {'term': 'paramā', 'gloss': 'highest, supreme'}, {'term': 'matiḥ', 'gloss': 'thought, judgment, counsel, considered opinion'}, {'term': 'rathaḥ', 'gloss': 'chariot'}, {'term': 'aśvāḥ', 'gloss': 'horses'}, {'term': 'adbhuta', 'gloss': 'marvelous, extraordinary'}, {'term': 'arjunaḥ', 'gloss': 'Arjuna (also called Dhanañjaya)'}, {'term': 'dhanamjaya (dhanañjaya)', 'gloss': 'epithet of Arjuna

• ‘conqueror of wealth/booty’'}, {'term': 'astra-śastra', 'gloss': 'missile weapons and hand-weapons

• arms in general'}, {'term': 'sāntvana', 'gloss': 'consolation, reassurance, calming encouragement'}]

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Arjuna
• Dhanañjaya
• chariot (ratha)
• horses (aśva)
• weapons (astra-śastra)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The passage emphasizes prudent confidence grounded in real support and capability: when a capable warrior is properly equipped and positioned, fear and despair should be replaced by calm reassurance and constructive action—here, encouraging others to bring Arjuna back with consoling words rather than panic.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana reports that, encouraged and pleased, the group turns back, accepting the speaker’s ‘supreme counsel’: Arjuna, with a famed chariot, exceptional horses, and his own swift mastery of weapons, is unmatched; therefore they should proceed cheerfully and persuade Dhanañjaya (Arjuna) to return, offering him reassurance.