Shloka 72

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

Devanagari script

चतुष्पादं दशविध॑ धर्नुर्वेदमरिंदम: । अर्जुनाद्‌ वेद वेदज्ञ: सकल॑ दिव्यमानुषम्‌,उस शत्रुदमन बालकने वेदोंका ज्ञान प्राप्त करके अपने पिता अर्जुनसे चार पदों* और दशविधः अंगोंसे युक्त दिव्य एवं मानुषः सब प्रकारके थनुर्वेदका ज्ञान प्राप्त कर लिया

Transliteration

Vaiśampāyana uvāca | catuṣpādaṃ daśavidhaṃ dhanurvedaṃ ariṃdamaḥ | arjunād veda vedajñaḥ sakalaṃ divyamānuṣam ||

Translation

毗湿摩波耶那说：那位制敌的少年，既通晓圣典之学，又从阿周那处习得檀弓吠陀（Dhanurveda，弓术兵学）——具足四分与十支，涵摄一切武器之法，既有天界之术，亦有人间之技。

Word by Word

चतुष्पादम्fourfold / having four parts

दशविधम्tenfold / of ten kinds

धनुर्वेदम्the science of archery (Dhanurveda)

अरिंदमःfoe-subduer (epithet)

अर्जुनात्from Arjuna

वेदknew / learned

वेदज्ञःknower of the Veda / learned one

सकलम्entire / all

दिव्यम्divine

मानुषम्human

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Arjuna

Dhanurveda

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Martial power should be grounded in disciplined learning and rightful transmission: comprehensive training (fourfold and tenfold structure) and guidance from a qualified teacher ensure that warfare-knowledge serves dharma rather than mere aggression.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana reports that a foe-subduing figure learned the complete Dhanurveda from Arjuna, mastering both divine and human aspects of weapon-science, indicating a formal and thorough education in warfare.