Shloka 43
Śoka-śamana: Kṛṣṇa’s Consolation and Nārada’s Exempla to Sṛñjaya
Chapter 29
न भूतं न भविष्यं च सर्वराजसु सूंजय । अन्यत्रौशीनराच्छैब्याद् राजर्षेरिन्द्रविक्रमात्,“सूृंजय! प्रजापति ब्रह्माने इन्द्रके तुल्य पराक्रमी उशीनरपुत्र राजा शिबिके सिवा सम्पूर्ण राजाओंमें भूत या भविष्यकालके दूसरे किसी राजाको ऐसा नहीं माना, जो शिबिका कार्यभार वहन कर सकता हो
na bhūtaṃ na bhaviṣyaṃ ca sarvarājasu sūṃjaya | anyatra auśīnarāc chaibyād rājarṣer indravi kramāt ||
Vāyu berkata: “Wahai Sūṃjaya, di antara semua raja, tidak ada pada masa lampau dan tidak akan ada pada masa depan—kecuali Auśīnara, Raja Śibi sang Śaibya, rājarsi berdaya laksana Indra—yang sungguh mampu memikul beban itu.”
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse elevates King Śibi as an unmatched model of rājadharma: true kingship is measured not merely by power but by the capacity to shoulder extraordinary moral responsibility and self-sacrificial duty for the sake of righteousness.
Vāyu addresses Sūṃjaya and declares that among all kings across time, only King Śibi—renowned as Auśīnara/Śaibya and described as a rājarṣi with Indra-like prowess—was fit to bear the exceptional burden being discussed, thereby setting Śibi up as the supreme ethical exemplar.