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

Makinig sa akin: isang salaysay na pinupuri mula pa noong unang panahon tungkol sa dakilang kapalaran ng mga hari—inaalala bilang halimbawa ng bunga ng matuwid na asal (dharma).

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.