Shloka 84

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

Devanagari script

शतानीकस्य राजर्षे: कौरव्यस्य महात्मन: । चक्रे पुत्र सनामानं नकुल: कीर्तिवर्धनम्‌,कौरवकुलके महामना राजर्षि शतानीकके नामपर नकुलने अपने कीर्तिवर्धक पुत्रका नाम शतानीक रख दिया

Transliteration

Vaiśampāyana uvāca | Śatānīkasya rājarṣeḥ Kauravyasya mahātmanaḥ | cakre putra-sa-nāmānaṃ Nakulaḥ kīrti-vardhanam |

Translation

Вайшампаяна сказал: Накула, желая приумножить собственную славу, нарёк своего сына тем же именем — Шатаника — в честь великодушного царя-риши Шатаники из рода Кауравов.

Word by Word

• शतानीकस्य: of Śatānīka
• शतानीकस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शतानीक
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• राजर्षेः: of the royal sage
• राजर्षेः: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजर्षि
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• कौरव्यस्य: of the Kauravya (descendant of Kuru)
• कौरव्यस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कौरव्य
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• महात्मनः: of the great-souled (one)
• महात्मनः: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महात्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• चक्रे: made / did
• चक्रे: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• पुत्र: son
• पुत्र: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• सनामानम्: having the (same) name / named
• सनामानम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स-नामन्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• नकुलः: Nakula
• नकुलः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नकुल
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कीर्तिवर्धनम्: fame-increasing
• कीर्तिवर्धनम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कीर्ति-वर्धन
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Nakula
• Śatānīka
• Kaurava lineage

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights a dharmic social ideal: honoring exemplary ancestors and strengthening lineage-identity through naming, thereby preserving memory (smṛti) and encouraging continuity of virtue and reputation (kīrti).

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana narrates that Nakula named his son Śatānīka, adopting the name of the renowned royal sage Śatānīka of the Kaurava line, as a fame-enhancing and lineage-affirming act.