Shloka 25
Śoka-śamana: Kṛṣṇa’s Consolation and Nārada’s Exempla to Sṛñjaya
Chapter 29
सुहोत्रं चैवातिथिनं मृतं सूंजय शुश्रुम । यस्मिन् हिरण्यं ववृषे मघवा परिवत्सरम्
su-hotram caivātithinaṁ mṛtaṁ sṛñjaya śuśruma | yasmin hiraṇyaṁ vavṛṣe maghavā parivatsaram ||
قال فايُو: «يا سِرِنْجَيا، لقد سمعنا أن الملك سُهُوتْرَ—المشهور بحبِّ إكرام الضيف وتعظيمه—قد مضى حقًّا. وفي مملكته جعل مَغَفان (إندرا) الذهب يهطل مطرًا عامًا كاملًا.»
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the ethical ideal that honoring guests (atithi-satkara) is a royal and dharmic virtue that brings extraordinary merit—so much so that it is portrayed as attracting divine blessing (Indra’s shower of gold).
Vāyu addresses Sṛñjaya and reports the death of King Suhotra, recalling Suhotra’s famed hospitality and the miraculous prosperity associated with his reign, symbolized by Indra raining gold for a year.