Shloka 43
Śoka-śamana: Kṛṣṇa’s Consolation and Nārada’s Exempla to Sṛñjaya
Chapter 29
न भूतं न भविष्यं च सर्वराजसु सूंजय । अन्यत्रौशीनराच्छैब्याद् राजर्षेरिन्द्रविक्रमात्
na bhūtaṃ na bhaviṣyaṃ ca sarvarājasu sūṃjaya | anyatra auśīnarāc chaibyād rājarṣer indravi kramāt ||
ವಾಯು ಹೇಳಿದರು— “ಓ ಸೂಂಜಯ, ಎಲ್ಲ ರಾಜರಲ್ಲಿಯೂ ಭೂತಕಾಲದಲ್ಲಿಯೂ ಯಾರೂ ಇರಲಿಲ್ಲ, ಭವಿಷ್ಯದಲ್ಲಿಯೂ ಯಾರೂ ಇರಲಾರರು—ಔಶೀನರ, ಶೈಬ್ಯ, ಇಂದ್ರಸಮಾನ ಪರಾಕ್ರಮವುಳ್ಳ ರಾಜರ್ಷಿ ರಾಜ ಶಿಬಿಯನ್ನು ಹೊರತುಪಡಿಸಿ—ಆ ಭಾರವನ್ನು ನಿಜವಾಗಿ ಹೊರುವ ಸಾಮರ್ಥ್ಯವಿದ್ದವನು.”
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.