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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 ||

Dijo Vāyu: «Oh Sṛñjaya, hemos oído que el rey Bhagīratha ha partido a su debido tiempo. En su vasto sacrificio, tras beber Soma y quedar exaltado, el más excelso de los dioses —Indra, el Señor llamado Pākaśāsana—, con la fuerza de sus propios brazos, sometió a muchos miles de asuras. Y ese rey, mientras celebraba un gran sacrificio, dispuso como dakṣiṇā (donativo ritual) mil por mil doncellas, adornadas con joyas de oro.»

यःwho
यः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
सहस्रम्a thousand
सहस्रम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootसहस्र
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
सहस्राणाम्of thousands
सहस्राणाम्:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootसहस्र
FormNeuter, Genitive, Plural
कन्याःmaidens/young women
कन्याः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootकन्या
FormFeminine, Accusative, Plural
हेम-विभूषिताःadorned with gold
हेम-विभूषिताः:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootहेम-विभूषित
FormFeminine, Accusative, Plural
ईजानःsacrificing; performing worship/sacrifice
ईजानः:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootयज्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
विततेin the extended/spread-out
वितते:
Adhikarana
TypeAdjective
Rootवितत
FormMasculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular
यज्ञेin the sacrifice
यज्ञे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootयज्ञ
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
दक्षिणाम्the sacrificial fee/gift
दक्षिणाम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootदक्षिणा
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
अत्यकालयत्he bestowed/gave in abundance
अत्यकालयत्:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootअति-काल्
FormImperfect, 3rd, Singular

वायुदेव उवाच

वायुदेव (Vāyudeva/Vāyu)
सृंजय (Sṛñjaya)
राजा भगीरथ (King Bhagīratha)
काल (Kāla/Time-Death)
इन्द्र (Indra)
पाकशासन (Pākaśāsana, epithet of Indra)
सुर (Devas)
असुर (Asuras)
सोम (Soma)
यज्ञ (Yajña)
दक्षिणा (Dakṣiṇā)
कन्या (Maidens)
हेम (Gold ornaments)

Educational Q&A

Even the most renowned kings and their grand sacrifices are subject to Kāla (Time/Death). The passage highlights two ideals—royal generosity through dakṣiṇā and heroic protection through valor—while implicitly reminding that worldly greatness culminates in impermanence.

Vāyu addresses Sṛñjaya and cites Bhagīratha as an example: the king has passed away in time, yet his fame is preserved through accounts of an immense yajña where Soma was drunk, Indra (Pākaśāsana) overcame many Asuras, and lavish dakṣiṇā was given—described as ‘a thousand thousands’ of gold-adorned maidens.