Shloka 100
Śoka-śamana: Kṛṣṇa’s Consolation and Nārada’s Exempla to Sṛñjaya
Chapter 29
Devanagari script
अम्बरीषं च नाभागं मृतं सूंजय शुश्रुम । यं प्रजा वव्रिरे पुण्यं गोप्तारं नृपसत्तमम्
Transliteration
ambarīṣaṃ ca nābhāgaṃ mṛtaṃ sṛñjaya śuśruma | yaṃ prajā vavrire puṇyaṃ goptāraṃ nṛpasattamam ||
Translation
伐由说道：“室利阇耶（Sṛñjaya）啊，我们听闻那婆伽（Nābhāga）之子安婆利沙（Ambarīṣa）亦受死神之权所制。举国之民皆推举这位最卓越的君王——安婆利沙——为正法而慈惠的守护者。”
Word by Word
अम्बरीषम्Ambarisha (as object)
अम्बरीषम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootअम्बरीष
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
नाभागम्Nabhaga (as object)
नाभागम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootनाभाग
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
मृतम्dead; having died
मृतम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootमृत
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
सृंजयO Sṛñjaya
सृंजय:
TypeNoun
Rootसृंजय
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
शुश्रुमwe have heard
शुश्रुम:
TypeVerb
Rootश्रु
FormPerfect (Paroksha-bhuta), First, Plural
यम्whom
यम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
प्रजाःthe subjects; the people
प्रजाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootप्रजा
FormFeminine, Nominative, Plural
वव्रिरेchose; selected
वव्रिरे:
TypeVerb
Rootवृ
FormPerfect (Paroksha-bhuta), Third, Plural, Atmanepada
पुण्यम्virtuous; meritorious
पुण्यम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootपुण्य
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
गोप्तारम्protector; guardian
गोप्तारम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootगोप्तृ
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
नृपसत्तमम्the best of kings
नृपसत्तमम्:
TypeNoun
Rootनृपसत्तम
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
Speaker
वायुदेव उवाच
Characters & Entities
व
वायुदेव (Vāyudeva)स
सृंजय (Sṛñjaya)अ
अम्बरीष (Ambarīṣa)न
नाभाग (Nābhāga)प
प्रजा (the subjects/people)म
मृत्यु (Death, implied by ‘mṛtam’)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
Even the most righteous and beloved king is not exempt from death; therefore, dharma and protective governance are praised, yet worldly status remains impermanent.
Vāyu addresses Sṛñjaya and cites the example of King Ambarīṣa—chosen by his subjects as a meritorious protector—who nevertheless died, as part of a broader reflection on human mortality and the limits of worldly power.