Shloka 15

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

Chapter 29

Devanagari script

महाभाग्यं पुरा राज्ञां कीर्त्यमानं मया शृणु

Transliteration

mahābhāgyaṃ purā rājñāṃ kīrtyamānaṃ mayā śṛṇu

Translation

என்னிடமிருந்து கேள்—பழங்காலம் முதல் புகழ்பெற்ற அரசர்களின் அந்த மாபெரும் நல்வாழ்வின் வரலாற்றை; அது தர்மநடையின் பயனை நினைவுறுத்தும் எடுத்துக்காட்டு.

Word by Word

• महाभाग्यम्: great good fortune
• महाभाग्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभाग्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• पुरा: formerly, in the past
• पुरा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरा

• राज्ञाम्: of kings
• राज्ञाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• कीर्त्यमानम्: being celebrated/being recounted
• कीर्त्यमानम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कीर्तय्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular, शानच् (present passive participle), Passive

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Instrumental, Singular

• शृणु: hear, listen
• शृणु: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु
• Form: लोट् (imperative), Second, Singular, परस्मैपदम्

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vāyudeva (Wind-god)
• kings (rājāḥ, generic)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse frames a didactic exemplum: true “great fortune” for rulers is something earned and remembered through praiseworthy conduct, implying that royal prosperity is ethically grounded in dharma and becomes a model for later generations.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāyudeva begins a discourse by inviting the listener to hear an ancient, widely celebrated account about the great fortune of kings—signaling the start of a story or illustration meant to instruct on righteous rule and its rewards.