Shloka 21
Śoka-śamana: Kṛṣṇa’s Consolation and Nārada’s Exempla to Sṛñjaya
Chapter 29
यस्मिन् प्रशासति महीं नृपतौ राजसत्तम | अकृष्टपच्या पृथिवी विबभौ चैत्यमालिनी
yasmin praśāsati mahīṁ nṛpatau rājasattama | akṛṣṭapacyā pṛthivī vibabhau caityamālinī ||
قال فايُو: «حين كان ذلك الملك، خير الملوك، يحكم الأرض، كانت الأرض تُنبت غلّتها من غير حرث ولا بذر. وكان العالم كلّه يبدو كأنه مُزَيَّن بإكليل من المعابد المقدّسة، فتلألأت الأرض بجمال فائق.»
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse links righteous kingship (rājadharma) with the well-being of the realm: when a king governs justly, nature and society flourish—symbolized by spontaneous fertility and a landscape rich in sacred institutions.
Vāyu describes an ideal period under an exemplary ruler: the earth produces abundantly without cultivation, and the world appears ornamented with many shrines, highlighting both material prosperity and religious-cultural vitality.