Shloka 86
Śoka-śamana: Kṛṣṇa’s Consolation and Nārada’s Exempla to Sṛñjaya
Chapter 29
तं पिबन् पाणिमिन्द्रस्य शतमद्ला व्यवर्धत । स आसीदू द्वादशसमो द्वादशाहेन पार्थिव:,“इन्द्रके उस हाथको पीता हुआ वह बालक एक ही दिनमें सौ दिनके बराबर बढ़ गया। बारह दिनोंमें राजकुमार मान्धाता बारह वर्षकी अवस्थावाले बालकके समान हो गये
taṁ piban pāṇim indrasya śatam adlā vyavardhata | sa āsīd dvādaśa-samaḥ dvādaśāhena pārthivaḥ ||
Habang umiinom mula sa kamay ni Indra, lumaki ang bata nang di-masayod, na wari’y isang araw ay katumbas ng sandaang araw. Kaya sa loob lamang ng labindalawang araw, ang maharlikang prinsipe na si Māndhātṛ ay naging tulad ng batang labindalawang taong gulang.
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
Extraordinary endowments gained through divine favor are not merely privileges; they intensify one’s duty. Rapidly acquired strength or maturity should be harnessed for dharma—especially in the context of righteous rulership and protection of subjects.
Vāyu narrates that a child, by drinking from Indra’s hand, grows at an unnatural rate—like a hundred days’ growth in one day—so that in twelve days he becomes comparable to a twelve-year-old. The child is identified as the royal prince Māndhātṛ.