Śoka-śamana: Kṛṣṇa’s Consolation and Nārada’s Exempla to Sṛñjaya
Chapter 29
नैतत् पूर्वे जनाश्षक्रुर्न करिष्यन्ति चापरे । इत्यम्बरीषं नाभागिमन्वमोदन्त दक्षिणा:
naitat pūrve janāḥ śakruḥ na kariṣyanti cāpare | ity ambarīṣaṃ nābhāgim anvamodanta dakṣiṇāḥ ||
伐由说道:“前世之人不能为此,后世之人亦不能为此。”言毕,诸祭礼之赠施(dakṣiṇā,达克希那)皆对那婆伽之子安婆利沙表示赞许。
वायुदेव उवाच
Extraordinary dharmic excellence—especially in the context of sacrifice and giving—is rare across ages; when such virtue appears, it is worthy of acclaim and is affirmed even by the very ‘dakṣiṇās’ (ritual gifts), highlighting the ethical primacy of generous, righteous action.
Vāyu praises a deed associated with Ambarīṣa (called Nābhāgi, ‘son/descendant of Nābhāga’) as something unmatched by people of earlier or later times; the dakṣiṇās are poetically personified as approving and rejoicing in him, signaling ritual and moral validation of his conduct.