Shloka 32
Śoka-śamana: Kṛṣṇa’s Consolation and Nārada’s Exempla to Sṛñjaya
Chapter 29
यः सहस्न॑ सहस्राणां श्वेतानश्वानवासृजत् । सहस्र॑ च सहस्राणां कन्या हेमपरिष्कृता:
yaḥ sahasna sahasrāṇāṃ śvetān aśvān avāsṛjat | sahasraṃ ca sahasrāṇāṃ kanyā hemapariṣkṛtāḥ ||
Vāyu-deva sprach: «Er war es, der Tausende über Tausende weißer Pferde freiließ und ebenso Tausende über Tausende von Mädchen verschenkte, mit Gold geschmückt.»
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the dharmic ideal of dāna—lavish, public-minded generosity—by portraying immense gifts (horses and gold-adorned maidens) as markers of merit and righteous conduct, especially in discussions of ethical kingship and virtue.
Vāyu-deva is describing a person’s extraordinary acts of giving: releasing vast numbers of white horses and granting vast numbers of maidens ornamented with gold, as part of a larger discourse in Śānti Parva on virtue, merit, and righteous action.