Shloka 14

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

Devanagari script

विहृत्य च यथाकामं पूजितो वृष्णिनन्दनै: । पुष्करे तु ततः शेषं काल वर्तितवान्‌ प्रभु:,द्वारकामें इच्छानुसार विहार करके वृष्णिवंशियोंद्वारा पूजित होकर अर्जुन वहाँसे पुष्करतीर्थमें चले गये और वनवासका शेष समय वहीं व्यतीत किया

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca | vihṛtya ca yathākāmaṃ pūjito vṛṣṇinandanair | puṣkare tu tataḥ śeṣaṃ kālaṃ vartitavān prabhuḥ ||

Translation

ครั้นเสพสำราญตามปรารถนาและได้รับการสักการะจากวงศ์วฤษณีแล้ว บุรุษผู้สูงศักดิ์นั้นจึงไปยังปุษกร และใช้เวลาที่เหลือแห่งกำหนด (การเนรเทศ) ณ ที่นั้น

Word by Word

• विहृत्य: having sported/roamed
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-हृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), कर्तरि

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

• यथाकामम्: as desired/at will
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा + काम (प्रातिपदिक)

• पूजितः: honoured/worshipped
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वृष्णिनन्दनैः: by the descendants/sons of the Vṛṣṇis
• वृष्णिनन्दनैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृष्णिनन्दन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• पुष्करे: at Puṣkara
• पुष्करे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुष्कर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• तु: but/then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• ततः: thereafter/from there
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• शेषम्: the remainder
• शेषम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शेष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• कालम्: time/period
• कालम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• वर्तितवान्: spent/abided (has spent)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृत् (धातु)
• Form: क्तवत् (past active participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रभुः: the lord/mighty one (Arjuna)
• प्रभुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Arjuna
• Vṛṣṇis (Yādavas)
• Dvārakā
• Puṣkara-tīrtha

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even while undergoing a difficult vow or penalty, one should uphold discipline and complete the remaining term properly; honour received from others should not distract one from fulfilling one’s dharma and commitments.

What is happening in the narrative?

Arjuna, after staying in Dvārakā and being respectfully received by the Vṛṣṇis, departs to the sacred tīrtha of Puṣkara and spends the remaining period of his exile there.