Shloka 28
Śoka-śamana: Kṛṣṇa’s Consolation and Nārada’s Exempla to Sṛñjaya
Chapter 29
इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत शान्तिपर्वके अन्तर्गत राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वमें व्यासवाक्यविषयक अट्ठाईसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ,हिरण्यान् पातितान् दृष्टवा मत्स्यान्ू मकरकच्छपान् । सहस्रशो5थ शतशस्ततो<5स्मयदथो5तिथि:
hiraṇyān pātitān dṛṣṭvā matsyān makarakacchapān | sahasraśo 'tha śataśas tato 'smayad atho 'tithiḥ ||
Thus, in the Mahābhārata, within the Śānti Parva, in the Rājadharmānuśāsana Parva, the twenty-eighth chapter concerning Vyāsa’s words came to its close. Seeing heaps of gold cast down, along with fish, crocodiles, and turtles, the guest was struck with wonder—first in thousands of ways, then again in hundreds—at what had occurred.
जनक उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how extraordinary sights—especially sudden wealth and striking phenomena—can provoke astonishment and mental agitation, inviting a dharmic response: to examine one’s attachment and to judge events with steadiness rather than being carried away by spectacle.
A guest witnesses gold lying cast down together with aquatic creatures (fish, crocodiles, turtles) and reacts with repeated amazement, indicating an unusual occurrence that sets the stage for reflection or instruction within the Rajadharma discourse.