Shloka 118
Śoka-śamana: Kṛṣṇa’s Consolation and Nārada’s Exempla to Sṛñjaya
Chapter 29
यावत्य: सिकता राजन् गज़जायां पुरुषर्षभ । तावतीरेव गा: प्रादादामूर्तरयसो गय:
yāvatyaḥ sikatā rājan gajajāyāṃ puruṣarṣabha | tāvatīr eva gāḥ prādād āmūrtarayaso gayaḥ ||
Vāyu said: “O King, O best of men, as many grains of sand as there are in Gajajā, so many cows did Gaya—whose gifts were made with full, tangible substance—bestow.”
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse praises extraordinary dāna as a pillar of dharma: a righteous king uses real, substantial wealth to benefit others, and such generosity becomes an ethical exemplar for rulers.
Vāyu addresses a king and cites Gaya as an illustration of supreme generosity, stating that Gaya donated an immense number of cows—likened to the countless grains of sand at Gajajā.