Shloka 26
Śoka-śamana: Kṛṣṇa’s Consolation and Nārada’s Exempla to Sṛñjaya
Chapter 29
सत्यनामा वसुमती यं प्राप्पासीज्जनाधिपम् । हिरण्यमवहन् नद्यस्तस्मिज्जनपदेश्वरे,“राजा सुहोत्रको पाकर पृथ्वीका वसुमती नाम सार्थक हो गया था। जिस समय वे जनपदके स्वामी थे, उन दिनों वहाँकी नदियाँ अपने जलके साथ-साथ सुवर्ण बहाया करती थीं
satyanāmā vasumatī yaṃ prāppāsīj janādhipam | hiraṇyam avahan nadyas tasmiñ janapadeśvare ||
Vāyu said: “The earth truly became worthy of her name ‘Vasumatī’ (the Possessor of wealth) when she attained that lord of men. While he ruled as sovereign of that realm, the rivers there carried gold along with their waters.”
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse links righteous kingship with the flourishing of the land: when a worthy ruler governs, prosperity becomes natural and abundant—symbolized by rivers bearing gold—showing the ethical idea that dharma in leadership sustains the well-being of the realm.
Vāyu is describing a particular sovereign’s reign as extraordinarily auspicious. He says that the earth became ‘Vasumatī’ in the fullest sense upon gaining such a king, and that during his rule the rivers of that country were so rich that they carried gold along with their waters.