Shloka 91

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

Chapter 29

Devanagari script

अश्वमेधशतेनेष्टवा राजसूयशतेन च । अददादू रोहितान्‌ मत्स्यान्‌ ब्राह्मणेभ्यो विशाम्पते

Transliteration

aśvamedhaśateneṣṭvā rājasūyaśatena ca | adadād rohitān matsyān brāhmaṇebhyo viśāmpate ||

Translation

ວາຍຸໄດ້ກ່າວວ່າ: «ເມື່ອໄດ້ປະກອບພິທີອັດສະວະເມດະ 100 ຄັ້ງ ແລະພິທີຣາຊະສູຍະ 100 ຄັ້ງ ພຣະອົງຜູ້ເປັນເຈົ້າແຫ່ງປະຊາໄດ້ມອບປາ ‘ໂຣຫິຕະ’ ໃຫ້ແກ່ພຣາຫມະນ. ປາເຫຼົ່ານັ້ນຖືກຫຼໍ່ດ້ວຍຄຳ ມີຈຳນວນຫຼາຍ ຍາວ 10 ໂຢຊະນະ ແລະສູງ 1 ໂຢຊະນະ. ສ່ວນທີ່ເຫຼືອຫຼັງຈາກພຣາຫມະນໄດ້ຮັບສ່ວນຂອງຕົນແລ້ວ ຄົນອື່ນໆກໍແບ່ງກັນໄປ.» ຂໍ້ຄວາມນີ້ເນັ້ນຄວາມໃຈບຸນຂອງກະສັດຜ່ານພິທີອັນຍິ່ງໃຫຍ່ ແລະການໃຫ້ທານອັນຟຸ່ມເຟືອຍ ພ້ອມທັງບອກໃຫ້ເຫັນວ່າ ຄວາມຮັ່ງມີທີ່ເຫຼືອຈາກການແຈກຈ່າຍໃຫ້ຜູ້ຮັບຫຼັກ ຈະຖືກແບ່ງປັນຕໍ່ໃນຫມູ່ຊົນ.

Word by Word

• अश्वमेधशतेन: with a hundred Aśvamedhas
• अश्वमेधशतेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्वमेध-शत
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• इष्ट्वा: having performed (sacrificed)
• Type: Verb
• Root: यज्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage)

• राजसूयशतेन: with a hundred Rājasūyas
• राजसूयशतेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजसूय-शत
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• अददात्: gave
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा
• Form: Imperfect, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• रोहितान्: rohita-fish (red/golden rohitās)
• रोहितान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रोहित
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• मत्स्यान्: fish
• मत्स्यान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मत्स्य
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• ब्राह्मणेभ्यः: to the Brahmins
• ब्राह्मणेभ्यः: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Plural

• विशाम्पते: O lord of the people (Vaiśya/subjects)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विशाम्पति
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• वायुदेव (Vāyu-deva)
• ब्राह्मण (Brāhmaṇas)
• अश्वमेध (Aśvamedha)
• राजसूय (Rājasūya)
• रोहित मत्स्य (Rohita fish, golden fish-objects)
• विशाम्पति (Viśāmpati, epithet: lord of the people)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores the dharmic ideal of royal generosity: a king gains merit not only through grand sacrifices but also through abundant giving (dāna), especially to Brāhmaṇas, and wealth is portrayed as something to be redistributed rather than hoarded.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāyu describes a king who performed immense ritual acts (a hundred Aśvamedhas and a hundred Rājasūyas) and then donated many large, gold-made ‘rohita’ fish to Brāhmaṇas; whatever remained after they took their portion was subsequently divided among others.