Shloka 65
Śoka-śamana: Kṛṣṇa’s Consolation and Nārada’s Exempla to Sṛñjaya
Chapter 29
“सूृंजय! राजा भगीरथ भी कालके गालमें चले गये, ऐसा हमने सुना है। जिनके विस्तृत यज्ञमें सोम पीकर मदोन्मत्त हुए सुरश्रेष्ठ भगवान् पाकशासन इन्द्रने अपने बाहुबलसे कई सहस््र असुरोंको पराजित किया ।। यः: सहस्र॑ं सहस्राणां कन्या हेमविभूषिता: । ईजानो वितते यज्ञे दक्षिणामत्यकालयत्,“जिन्होंने यज्ञ करते समय अपने विशाल यज्ञमें सोनेके आभूषणोंसे विभूषित दस लाख कन्याओंका दक्षिणारूपमें दान किया था
vāyudeva uvāca | sṛñjaya! rājā bhagīrathaḥ sa kālakāle gāleṣu calito gata iti vayaṃ śuśrumaḥ | yasya vitate yajñe somaṃ pītvā madonmattāḥ suraśreṣṭhāḥ bhagavān pākaśāsana indro bāhubalena bahūn sahasrān asurān parājigāya | yaḥ sahasraṃ sahasrāṇāṃ kanyā hema-vibhūṣitāḥ | ījānaḥ vitate yajñe dakṣiṇām atyakalpayat ||
Vāyu said: “O Sṛñjaya, we have heard that King Bhagīratha has passed on in due course of time. In his expansive sacrifice, after drinking Soma and becoming exhilarated, the foremost of the gods—Indra, the Lord known as Pākaśāsana—by the strength of his own arms subdued many thousands of Asuras. That king, while performing a vast sacrifice, arranged as sacrificial fees a thousand thousands of maidens, adorned with golden ornaments.”
वायुदेव उवाच