Shloka 24
ववृधे स यथाकालं सरसीव महोत्पलम् | बभूव काजञ्चनष्ठीवी यथार्थ नाम तस्य तत्,जैसे सरोवरमें कमल बढ़ता है, उसी प्रकार वह राजकुमार यथासमय बढ़ने लगा। वह मुखसे स्वर्ण उगलनेके कारण सुवर्णष्ठीवी नामसे प्रसिद्ध हुआ। उसका वह नाम सार्थक था
vavṛdhe sa yathākālaṃ sarasīva mahotpalam | babhūva kāñcanaṣṭhīvī yathārthaṃ nāma tasya tat ||
स यथाकालं ववृधे सरसीव महोत्पलम्। मुखात् सुवर्णं ष्ठीवति स्म इति हेतोः स ‘सुवर्णष्ठीवी’ इति ख्यातोऽभवत्; तस्य नाम यथार्थमेव।
पर्वत उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights orderly growth according to time (yathākālam) and suggests an ethical ideal that a person’s name and reputation should correspond to observable reality (yathārtham), i.e., identity is grounded in manifest qualities and deeds.
Parvata describes a prince growing up naturally like a lotus in a lake; the prince becomes famous as Suvarṇaṣṭhīvī because he spits gold, making the epithet literally and meaningfully true.