Shloka 66
Śoka-śamana: Kṛṣṇa’s Consolation and Nārada’s Exempla to Sṛñjaya
Chapter 29
सर्वा रथगता: कन्या रथा: सर्वे चतुर्युजः । शतं शतं रथे नागा: पद्मिनो हेममालिन:
sarvā rathagatāḥ kanyā rathāḥ sarve caturyujaḥ | śataṃ śataṃ rathe nāgāḥ padmino hemamālinaḥ ||
ବାୟୁ କହିଲେ— “ସମସ୍ତ କନ୍ୟା ରଥରେ ଆସୀନ ଥିଲେ। ପ୍ରତ୍ୟେକ ରଥରେ ଚାରିଟି ଘୋଡ଼ା ଯୋଡ଼ା ଥିଲା। ଏବଂ ପ୍ରତ୍ୟେକ ରଥର ପଛେ ‘ପଦ୍ମିନ’ ପ୍ରକାରର ଶତ ଶତ ହାତୀ ଚାଲୁଥିଲେ—ସୁବର୍ଣ୍ଣମାଳାରେ ଭୂଷିତ ଓ ମସ୍ତକରେ ପଦ୍ମଚିହ୍ନ ଧାରଣ କରି।”
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse primarily offers descriptive narration rather than direct moral instruction; implicitly, it highlights the cultural ideal of auspicious order and royal magnificence—where prosperity and careful arrangement (well-yoked chariots, auspiciously marked elephants) signify legitimacy, status, and the outward signs of a well-governed realm.
Vāyudeva describes a grand procession: maidens seated in separate chariots, each chariot drawn by four horses, and each accompanied by a large retinue of auspicious ‘Padmin’ elephants adorned with golden garlands and lotus emblems.