Shloka 24
Śoka-śamana: Kṛṣṇa’s Consolation and Nārada’s Exempla to Sṛñjaya
Chapter 29
“मरुदगणोंने मरुत्तके यज्ञमें उस समय खूब सोमरसका पान किया था। राजाने जो दक्षिणाएँ दी थीं, वे देवताओं, मनुष्यों और गन्धर्वोंके सभी यज्ञोंसे बढ़कर थीं ।।
marudgaṇāḥ maruttakasya yajñe tasmin kāle bahu soma-rasaṃ pītavantaḥ | rājñā dattā dakṣiṇāḥ devānāṃ manuṣyāṇāṃ gandharvāṇāṃ ca sarva-yajñebhyo 'dhikā āsan || sa cen marutaḥ, sṛñjaya, caturbhadra-taraḥ tvayā | putrāt puṇya-taraś caiva; mā putram anutapyathāḥ ||
Vāyu dit : «En ce temps-là, au sacrifice de Marutta, les troupes des Maruts burent le Soma à profusion. Les dons (dakṣiṇā) que le roi distribua surpassèrent ceux offerts dans les sacrifices des dieux, des hommes et des Gandharvas. Et pourtant, ce roi Marutta lui-même—qui te surpassait, ô Sṛñjaya, dans les quatre excellences de bon augure (dharma, savoir, détachement et prospérité souveraine), et qui était plus méritant que ton fils—est mort lui aussi. Si un tel homme a disparu, que dire des autres ? Ne t’afflige donc pas pour ton fils.»
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even the most virtuous and accomplished—exemplified by King Marutta, renowned for immense sacrificial generosity and the four excellences (dharma, knowledge, dispassion, and prosperity)—are subject to death. Recognizing this universality of impermanence is offered as a remedy for excessive grief.
Vāyu addresses Sṛñjaya, citing the celebrated example of King Marutta’s grand sacrifice where the Maruts drank Soma and the king’s gifts surpassed all others. Vāyu then points out that Marutta too died, and uses this as a consolatory argument urging Sṛñjaya not to lament his son.