Shloka 43
Śoka-śamana: Kṛṣṇa’s Consolation and Nārada’s Exempla to Sṛñjaya
Chapter 29
न भूतं न भविष्यं च सर्वराजसु सूंजय । अन्यत्रौशीनराच्छैब्याद् राजर्षेरिन्द्रविक्रमात्
na bhūtaṃ na bhaviṣyaṃ ca sarvarājasu sūṃjaya | anyatra auśīnarāc chaibyād rājarṣer indravi kramāt ||
قال فايُو: «يا سُومْجَيا، بين جميع الملوك لم يكن في الماضي، ولن يكون في المستقبل، أحدٌ سوى ملك الأوشينارا—الملك شيبي، الشايبيا—وهو رائيٌ ملكيّ ذو بأسٍ كَبأسِ إندرا، كان حقًّا قادرًا على حمل ذلك العبء».
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse elevates King Śibi as an unmatched model of rājadharma: true kingship is measured not merely by power but by the capacity to shoulder extraordinary moral responsibility and self-sacrificial duty for the sake of righteousness.
Vāyu addresses Sūṃjaya and declares that among all kings across time, only King Śibi—renowned as Auśīnara/Śaibya and described as a rājarṣi with Indra-like prowess—was fit to bear the exceptional burden being discussed, thereby setting Śibi up as the supreme ethical exemplar.