Shloka 10536
सहस्ं तु सहस्राणां यस्यासन् शाशबिन्दवा: । 'सूृंजय! हम सुनते हैं कि चित्ररथके पुत्र शशबिन्दु भी मृत्युसे अपनी रक्षा न कर सके। उन महामना नरेशके एक लाख रानियाँ थीं और उनके गर्भसे राजाके दस लाख पुत्र उत्पन्न हुए थे
sahasraṃ tu sahasrāṇāṃ yasyāsan śaśabindavaḥ | sṛñjaya! śṛṇumaḥ citrarathasya putraḥ śaśabinduḥ api mṛtyoḥ ātmānaṃ rakṣituṃ na śaśāka | tasya mahāmanasaḥ nṛpasya eka-lakṣaṃ rājñyaḥ āsan, tābhyaś ca rājñaḥ daśa-lakṣaṃ putrā utpannāḥ |
Vāyu said: “O Sṛñjaya, we hear that even Śaśabindu, the son of Citraratha, could not protect himself from Death. That great-souled king had a hundred thousand queens, and from their wombs ten million sons were born to him—yet even such vast power and progeny did not become a refuge against mortality.”
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even extraordinary worldly prosperity—vast lineage, power, and royal enjoyment—cannot ward off death; therefore one should cultivate dharma and inner detachment rather than relying on external supports.
Vāyudeva addresses Sṛñjaya and cites the example of King Śaśabindu, famed for immense progeny, to illustrate that mortality overcomes all beings regardless of their greatness.