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 ||
Wika ni Vāyu: “Ang lahat ng dalaga ay nakaupo sa mga karwahe. Bawat karwahe ay hinihila ng apat na kabayo. At sa likod ng bawat karwahe ay may sandaang elepante—uri ng ‘Padmin’—na may mga kuwintas na ginto at may tatak na sagisag ng lotus sa kanilang mga ulo.”
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.