Shloka 53

Śoka-śamana: Kṛṣṇa’s Consolation and Nārada’s Exempla to Sṛñjaya

Chapter 29

Devanagari script

कालवर्षी च पर्जन्य: सस्यानि समपादयत्‌ । नित्यं सुभिक्षमेवासीद्‌ रामे राज्यं प्रशासति

Transliteration

kālavarṣī ca parjanyaḥ sasyāni samapādayat | nityaṃ subhikṣam evāsīd rāme rājyaṃ praśāsati ||

Translation

The rains fell in their proper season, and Parjanya, the rain-god, brought the crops to full fruition. While Rāma governed the kingdom, there was ever abundance and prosperity—an image of righteous rule in which nature itself upholds the people’s welfare.

Word by Word

• कालवर्षी: seasonal (raining at the proper time)
• कालवर्षी: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कालवर्षिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• पर्जन्यः: rain-cloud; rain
• पर्जन्यः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्जन्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सस्यानि: crops
• सस्यानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सस्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• समपादयत्: produced; brought about
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + पद् (सम्पादयति)
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• नित्यम्: always
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य

• सुभिक्षम्: good harvest; abundance; prosperity
• सुभिक्षम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुभिक्ष
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• एव: indeed; only
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• आसीत्: was
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• रामे: when/while Rama (was present); in the time of Rama
• रामे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राम
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• राज्यम्: the kingdom
• राज्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: राज्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• प्रशासति: rules; governs
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + शास्
• Form: Present (Laṭ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vāyudeva
• Parjanya
• Rāma
• rājya (kingdom)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Righteous governance (rājadharma) is portrayed as harmonizing society with the natural and cosmic order: when a king rules justly, rains come in season, crops flourish, and the people enjoy steady abundance.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāyudeva describes an ideal reign: during Rāma’s administration, Parjanya sends timely rains, agriculture succeeds, and the kingdom experiences continual prosperity (subhikṣa).