Shloka 56

Śoka-śamana: Kṛṣṇa’s Consolation and Nārada’s Exempla to Sṛñjaya

Chapter 29

Devanagari script

“श्रीरामचन्द्रजी जब राज्यका शासन करते थे, उन दिनों हजार वर्षतक जीनेवाली स्त्रियाँ और सहस्रों वर्षतक जीवित रहनेवाले पुरुष थे। किसीको कोई रोग नहीं सताता था, सभीके सारे मनोरथ सिद्ध होते थे ।। नान्यो<न्येन विवादो<भूत्‌ सत्रीणामपि कुतो नृणाम्‌ । धर्मनित्या: प्रजाश्वासन्‌ रामे राज्यं प्रशासति

Transliteration

śrīrāmacandrajī yadā rājyasya śāsanaṃ karoti sma, tadā striyaḥ sahasra-varṣa-jīvinaḥ, puruṣāś ca sahasra-sahasra-varṣa-jīvinaḥ āsan. na kaścid rogo kaṃcid bādhate sma; sarveṣāṃ sarve manorathāḥ siddhā bhavanti sma. nānyo'nyena vivādo 'bhūt strīṇām api kuto nṛṇām. dharma-nityāḥ prajāśvāsan rāme rājyaṃ praśāsati.

Translation

Vāyu sprach: Als Śrī Rāmacandra herrschte, lebten die Frauen tausend Jahre und die Männer viele tausend. Keine Krankheit bedrängte irgendwen, und jedes Verlangen fand Erfüllung. Es gab keinen Streit untereinander—nicht einmal unter den Frauen; wie viel weniger unter den Männern. Das Volk lebte beständig in der Dharma, solange Rāma das Reich regierte.

Word by Word

• {'śrī-rāmacandra': 'Rāma, the ideal king (honorific śrī-)', 'rājya': 'kingdom

• realm', 'śāsana / praśāsati': 'rule

• to govern/administer', 'tadā': 'then

• at that time', 'striyaḥ': 'women', 'puruṣāḥ': 'men', 'sahasra-varṣa-jīvin': 'living for a thousand years

• long-lived', 'sahasra-sahasra-varṣa-jīvin': 'living for many thousands of years', 'roga': 'disease

• illness', 'bādhate': 'afflicts

• oppresses', 'sarve': 'all', 'manoratha': 'wish

• aspiration', 'siddha': 'fulfilled

• accomplished', "nānyo'nyena": 'not with one another

• not mutually', 'vivāda': 'dispute

• quarrel', 'kutaḥ': 'how much less?

• whence?', 'nṛṇām': 'of men

• of human beings', 'dharma-nitya': 'steadfast in dharma

• regularly devoted to righteousness', 'prajā': 'subjects

• people', 'āsvāsan': 'lived at ease

• were reassured/comforted', 'rāme (locative)': 'when/while Rāma (was ruling)'}

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vāyudeva (Wind-god)
• Śrī Rāmacandra (Rāma)
• rājya (the kingdom/realm)
• prajā (the subjects/people)
• striyaḥ (women)
• puruṣāḥ / nṛṇām (men)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse teaches that righteous governance (rājadharma) and a populace grounded in dharma produce social concord and collective well-being—symbolized by freedom from disease, fulfilled aspirations, and the absence of disputes.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāyudeva describes the exemplary conditions during Rāma’s reign: extraordinary longevity, universal health, fulfilled desires, and a society without quarrels, because the people remained steadfast in dharma while Rāma administered the kingdom.