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 ||
বায়ুৱে ক’লে— হে সৃঞ্জয়! যিসকল তোমাতকৈ চাৰিগুণ অধিক মঙ্গলসম্পন্ন আৰু সিদ্ধ, আৰু তোমাৰ পুত্ৰতকৈও অধিক পুণ্যবান—তেওঁলোকো মৃত্যুবৰণ কৰিছে; তেন্তে এই জগতত কোনে জীৱিত থাকিব পাৰে? সেয়ে তোমাৰ পৰলোকগামী পুত্ৰৰ বাবে শোক নকৰিবা।
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.