Shloka 24
सुवर्णष्ठीविनोपाख्यानम्
The Account of Suvarṇaṣṭhīvin
ववृधे स यथाकालं सरसीव महोत्पलम् | बभूव काजञ्चनष्ठीवी यथार्थ नाम तस्य तत्
vavṛdhe sa yathākālaṃ sarasīva mahotpalam | babhūva kāñcanaṣṭhīvī yathārthaṃ nāma tasya tat ||
He grew in due course of time, just as a great lotus grows in a lake. Because he would spit forth gold from his mouth, he became known as Suvarṇaṣṭhīvī (“gold-spitter”); thus his name truly matched the fact.
पर्वत उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights orderly growth according to time (yathākālam) and suggests an ethical ideal that a person’s name and reputation should correspond to observable reality (yathārtham), i.e., identity is grounded in manifest qualities and deeds.
Parvata describes a prince growing up naturally like a lotus in a lake; the prince becomes famous as Suvarṇaṣṭhīvī because he spits gold, making the epithet literally and meaningfully true.