Shloka 30
Śoka-śamana: Kṛṣṇa’s Consolation and Nārada’s Exempla to Sṛñjaya
Chapter 29
स चेन्ममार सूंजय चतुर्भद्रतरस्त्वया । पुत्रात् पुण्यतरश्वैव मा पुत्रमनुतप्यथा:
sa cen mamāra suñjaya caturbhadrataras tvayā | putrāt puṇyataras caiva mā putram anutapyathāḥ ||
വായു പറഞ്ഞു— “അവൻ മരിച്ചിട്ടുണ്ടെങ്കിൽ, ഹേ സുഞ്ജയ, അവൻ നിന്നേക്കാൾ നാലിരട്ടി ഭാഗ്യവാൻ. അവൻ പുത്രനേക്കാളും പുണ്യവാൻ; അതിനാൽ പുത്രനെക്കുറിച്ച് ദുഃഖിക്കരുത്.”
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches restraint in grief by reframing loss through dharma: a death can be viewed in terms of auspiciousness and merit, and one should not be overwhelmed by attachment—even to one’s own child—when higher ethical or spiritual valuation is implied.
Vāyu addresses Suñjaya and, referring to someone who has died, asserts that the deceased was exceptionally fortunate and even more meritorious than a son; on that basis, he urges Suñjaya not to lament for his son.