Shloka 60

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

Devanagari script

तत्र तत्र महानादैरुत्कृष्टतलनादितै: । यथायोगं यथाप्रीति विजहु: कुरुवृष्णय:,वे कौरव और वृष्णिवंशके वीर जहाँ-तहाँ वीणाकी उत्तम ध्वनिके साथ गाते-बजाते और संगीतका आनन्द लेते हुए यथावसर अपनी-अपनी रुचिके अनुसार विहार करने लगे

Transliteration

tatra tatra mahānādair utkṛṣṭa-tala-nāditaiḥ | yathāyogaṃ yathāprīti vijahuḥ kuru-vṛṣṇayaḥ ||

Translation

ณ ที่นั้นที่นี่ ท่ามกลางเสียงโห่ร้องกึกก้องและจังหวะทำนองอันประณีตกังวาน เหล่าวีรกุรุและวฤษณิพากันสำราญ—ขับร้องและบรรเลงดนตรี—แต่ละคนให้เหมาะแก่กาลและตามความพอใจของตน

Word by Word

तत्रthere

तत्रthere (here and there)

महानादैःwith loud sounds/roars

उत्कृष्टतलनादितैःwith excellently resounding beats (well-struck sounds)

यथाas/according to

योगम्fitness; propriety; occasion

यथाas/according to

प्रीतिम्pleasure; liking

विजहुःthey sported/roamed about; enjoyed themselves

कुरुवृष्णयःthe Kurus and the Vṛṣṇis

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Kuru

Vṛṣṇi

tāla (rhythm/beat)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even enjoyment is ideally governed by fitness to time and place (yathāyogam). The verse subtly upholds cultured restraint: pleasure (prīti) is not rejected, but harmonized with propriety and occasion.

What is happening in the narrative?

The Kurus and Vṛṣṇis are depicted dispersing to various spots and enjoying music—singing, playing, and keeping rhythm—amid loud sounds and festive resonance, each according to his taste and at suitable moments.