Shloka 99
Śoka-śamana: Kṛṣṇa’s Consolation and Nārada’s Exempla to Sṛñjaya
Chapter 29
स चेन्ममार सूंजय चतुर्भद्रतरस्त्वया । पुत्रात् पुण्यतरश्वैव मा पुत्रमनुतप्यथा:
sa cen mamāra suñjaya caturbhadrataras tvayā | putrāt puṇyataras caiva mā putram anutapyathāḥ ||
Sinabi ni Vāyu: “O Suñjaya, kung yaong mga higit na pinagpala kaysa sa iyo sa apat na mapalad na katangian, at higit pang marangal sa iyong anak, ay dumanas din ng kamatayan—ano pa ang maiaangkin ng iyong anak laban sa kamatayan? Kaya huwag kang magdalamhati para sa iyong anak.”
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
Death is universal and does not spare even those who are more virtuous or more excellently endowed; therefore excessive grief is to be restrained, and one should cultivate steadiness and acceptance in accordance with dharma.
Vāyudeva addresses Suñjaya, reasoning with him to lessen his sorrow: if even superior and highly meritorious persons have died, Suñjaya should not be overwhelmed by grief for his own son.