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Shloka 119

Śoka-śamana: Kṛṣṇa’s Consolation and Nārada’s Exempla to Sṛñjaya

Chapter 29

“पुरुषप्रवर नरेश! गंगाजीमें जितने बालूके कण हैं, अमूर्तरयाके पुत्र गयने उतनी ही गौओंका दान किया था ।।

puruṣa-pravara nareśa! gaṅgāyāṁ yāvanto vālukā-kaṇāḥ santi, amūrtarayāḥ putro gayo 'pi tāvattīr gāvaḥ dānam adāt. sa cen mamāra, sṛñjaya, caturbhadra-taraḥ tvayā; putrāt puṇyataraś caiva—mā putram anutapyathāḥ.

قال فايُو: «يا أكرم الرجال، أيها الملك! بعدد حبات الرمل في نهر الغانغا، تَصَدَّق غايا ابن أمورترايا يومًا بذلك العدد من الأبقار. ومع ذلك فقد مات، يا سِرِنْجَيا—مع أنه فاقك في أربع خصال مباركة، وكان أعظم برًّا وأوفر ثوابًا من ابنك بكثير. فإذا كان مثل هذا لم ينجُ من الموت، فماذا يُقال عن ابنك؟ فلا تحزن عليه.»

सःhe/that one
सः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
चेत्if
चेत्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootचेत्
ममof me/my
मम:
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
FormGenitive, Singular
असुञ्जयO Sūñjaya
असुञ्जय:
TypeNoun
Rootसुञ्जय
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
चतुःfour
चतुः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootचतुर्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
भद्रतराःmore auspicious/better
भद्रतराः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootभद्रतर
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
त्वयाthan you/by you
त्वया:
Karana
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
FormInstrumental, Singular
पुत्रात्than (your) son/from the son
पुत्रात्:
Apadana
TypeNoun
Rootपुत्र
FormMasculine, Ablative, Singular
पुण्यतराःmore virtuous/more meritorious
पुण्यतराः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootपुण्यतर
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
एवindeed/just
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
माःdo not (prohibitive)
माः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootमा
पुत्रम्son
पुत्रम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootपुत्र
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
अनुतप्यथाःgrieve/repent (you should not)
अनुतप्यथाः:
TypeVerb
Rootअनु-तप्
FormLot (Imperative), Atmanepada, Second, Singular

वायुदेव उवाच

वायुदेव (Vāyudeva)
सृंजय (Sṛñjaya)
गंगा (Gaṅgā)
गय (Gaya)
अमूर्तरया (Amūrtarayā)
गौः/गावः (cows)

Educational Q&A

Even the most virtuous and highly meritorious persons—renowned for immense charity—are subject to death; therefore grief over a loved one’s death should be moderated by understanding the inevitability of mortality and the limits of human control.

Vāyudeva addresses King Sṛñjaya, consoling him for the death of his son by citing the example of Gaya, famed for giving countless cows in charity, who nevertheless died; the comparison is used to urge Sṛñjaya to relinquish sorrow.