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Shloka 47

Śoka-śamana: Kṛṣṇa’s Consolation and Nārada’s Exempla to Sṛñjaya

Chapter 29

अश्वमेधसहस्रेण राजसूयशतेन च । इष्टवान्‌ स महातेजा दौष्यन्तिर्भरत: पुरा,“उन महातेजस्वी दुष्यन्तकुमार भरतने पूर्वकालमें देवताओंकी प्रसन्नताके लिये यमुनाके तटपर तीन सौ, सरस्वतीके तटपर बीस और गंगाके तटपर चौदह घोड़े बाँधकर उतने-उतने अश्वमेध यज्ञ किये थे।* उन्होंने अपने जीवनमें एक सहस्र अश्वमेध और सौ राजसूय यज्ञ सम्पन्न किये थे

aśvamedhasahasreṇa rājasūyaśatena ca | iṣṭavān sa mahātejā dauṣyantir bharataḥ purā ||

風神ヴァーユは言った。「古の世に、ドゥシュヤンタの子、威光あるバラタは祭祀を行った――アシュヴァメーダ千回、ラージャスーヤ百回である。」

अश्वमेधसहस्रेणby/with a thousand Aśvamedhas
अश्वमेधसहस्रेण:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootअश्वमेधसहस्र
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Singular
राजसूयशतेनby/with a hundred Rājasūyas
राजसूयशतेन:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootराजसूयशत
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
इष्टवान्having performed (sacrifices)
इष्टवान्:
TypeVerb
Rootइष्
Formक्तवतु (past active participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular
सःhe
सः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
महातेजाःthe great-splendored one
महातेजाः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootमहातेजस्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
दौष्यन्तिःthe son of Duṣyanta (Bharata)
दौष्यन्तिः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootदौष्यन्ति
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
भरतःBharata
भरतः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootभरत
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
पुराformerly, in olden times
पुरा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपुरा

वायुदेव उवाच

V
Vāyu (Vāyudeva)
B
Bharata (Dauṣyanti, son of Duṣyanta)
A
Aśvamedha
R
Rājasūya

Educational Q&A

The verse presents Bharata as an exemplar of dharmic kingship: immense political power is to be restrained and sanctified through public, tradition-bound rites that affirm responsibility to cosmic order and communal welfare, not mere conquest or vanity.

Vāyu is praising the ancient king Bharata (son of Duṣyanta) by citing the extraordinary scale of his royal sacrifices—one thousand Aśvamedhas and one hundred Rājasūyas—thereby establishing Bharata’s fame, merit, and legitimacy as a model ruler.