Shloka 50
Śoka-śamana: Kṛṣṇa’s Consolation and Nārada’s Exempla to Sṛñjaya
Chapter 29
स चेन्ममार सूंजय चतुर्भद्रतरस्त्वया । पुत्रात् पुण्यतरश्वैव मा पुत्रमनुतप्यथा:
sa cen mamāra sṛñjaya caturbhadrataras tvayā | putrāt puṇyataras caiva mā putram anutapyathāḥ ||
قال فايُو: «إن كان أولئك الذين يفوقونك بأربعة أوجهٍ في اليُمن والكمال، يا سِرِنجايا—بل هم أبرُّ وأعظمُ استحقاقًا من ابنك نفسه—قد ماتوا، فمن ذا في هذا العالم يستطيع البقاء حيًّا؟ فلا تحزن على ابنك الراحل.»
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches acceptance of mortality and restraint of grief: even the most virtuous and highly accomplished are subject to death, so excessive lamentation for one’s son is ethically and spiritually unhelpful; one should cultivate steadiness and discernment.
Vāyu addresses King Sṛñjaya, consoling him after bereavement. He argues from a universal principle—death spares no one, not even those superior in auspicious qualities—thereby urging Sṛñjaya to relinquish sorrow for his deceased son.