Shloka 77
Śoka-śamana: Kṛṣṇa’s Consolation and Nārada’s Exempla to Sṛñjaya
Chapter 29
एतद् राज्ञो दिलीपस्य राजानो नानुचक्रिरे । यस्येभा हेमसंछन्ना: पथि मत्ता: सम शेरते,“राजा दिलीपके इस महान् कर्मका अनुसरण दूसरे राजा नहीं कर सके। उनके सुनहरे साज-बाज और सोनेके आभूषणोंसे सजे हुए मतवाले हाथी रास्तेपर सोये रहते थे। सत्यवादी शतधन्वा महामनस्वी राजा दिलीपका जिन लोगोंने दर्शन किया था, उन्होंने भी स्वर्गलोकको जीत लिया
etad rājño dilīpasya rājāno nānucakrire | yasyebhā hemasaṃchannāḥ pathi mattāḥ samaśerate ||
Vāyu berkata: “Perbuatan Raja Dilīpa ini tak dapat ditiru oleh raja-raja lain. Gajah-gajahnya yang berselimut perhiasan emas, meski sedang mabuk kuasa, tetap rebah di jalan tanpa gentar.”
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights exemplary kingship: a ruler’s righteous authority and well-governed realm create such security and prosperity that symbols of royal power (gold-adorned elephants) can rest openly without fear—an ethical portrait of stable, dharmic rule that others struggle to match.
Vāyu praises King Dilīpa by noting that other kings could not replicate his remarkable achievement; as an illustration of his eminence, Dilīpa’s gold-clad elephants are described as lying at ease on the roadway, conveying the king’s unmatched prestige and the ordered condition of his kingdom.