Shloka 26
Śoka-śamana: Kṛṣṇa’s Consolation and Nārada’s Exempla to Sṛñjaya
Chapter 29
सत्यनामा वसुमती यं प्राप्पासीज्जनाधिपम् । हिरण्यमवहन् नद्यस्तस्मिज्जनपदेश्वरे
satyanāmā vasumatī yaṃ prāppāsīj janādhipam | hiraṇyam avahan nadyas tasmiñ janapadeśvare ||
Wika ni Vāyu: “Tunay na naging karapat-dapat ang Daigdig sa pangalang ‘Vasumatī’ (Tagapagdala ng yaman) nang makamtan niya ang panginoon ng mga tao na iyon. Sa panahong siya ang naghahari sa lupain, ang mga ilog doon ay nagdadala ng ginto kasabay ng kanilang tubig.”
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse links righteous kingship with the flourishing of the land: when a worthy ruler governs, prosperity becomes natural and abundant—symbolized by rivers bearing gold—showing the ethical idea that dharma in leadership sustains the well-being of the realm.
Vāyu is describing a particular sovereign’s reign as extraordinarily auspicious. He says that the earth became ‘Vasumatī’ in the fullest sense upon gaining such a king, and that during his rule the rivers of that country were so rich that they carried gold along with their waters.