Shloka 143
Śoka-śamana: Kṛṣṇa’s Consolation and Nārada’s Exempla to Sṛñjaya
Chapter 29
“जब वे समुद्रकी ओर यात्रा करते, उस समय उसका जल स्थिर हो जाता था। नदियोंकी बाढ़ शान्त हो जाती थी। उनके रथकी ध्वजा कभी भग्न नहीं होती थी ।। हैरण्यांस्त्रिनलोत्सेधान् पर्वतानेकविंशतिम् । ब्राह्मणेभ्यो ददौ राजा यो<श्वमेथधे महामखे,'राजा पृथुने अश्वमेध नामक महायज्ञमें चार सौ हाथ ऊँचे इक्कीस सुवर्णमय पर्वत ब्राह्मणोंको दान किये थे
yadā te samudraṁ prati yātrāṁ kurvanti sma tadā tasya jalaṁ sthiraṁ bhavati sma | nadīnāṁ pravāhāḥ praśāmyanti sma | teṣāṁ rathadhvajā kadācana na bhajyate sma || hairaṇyān tṛṇalotsedhān parvatān ekaviṁśatim | brāhmaṇebhyo dadau rājā yo 'śvamedhe mahāmakhe || rājā pṛthur aśvamedha-nāmni mahāyajñe brāhmaṇebhyaḥ catuḥśata-hasta-ucchritān ekaviṁśati suvarṇamayān parvatān dānam adāt |
Vāyu said: Whenever they journeyed toward the ocean, its waters would become calm; the flooding of rivers would subside; and the banner on their chariot would never be broken. That same king—Pr̥thu—at a great Aśvamedha sacrifice, bestowed upon the Brahmins twenty-one mountains of gold, each rising to the height of four hundred hands.
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse links righteous kingship with the restoration of order—so powerful that nature itself becomes calm—and with generous, dharma-aligned giving. Authority is portrayed as legitimate when it protects, pacifies disorder, and supports sacred duty through dana and yajna.
Vāyu describes extraordinary auspicious signs accompanying the king’s movement: the sea becomes still, river floods subside, and the chariot-banner remains unbroken. He then cites King Pr̥thu’s famed Aśvamedha, where Pr̥thu donates twenty-one golden ‘mountains’ of immense height to Brahmins, illustrating his grandeur and merit.