Shloka 110
Śoka-śamana: Kṛṣṇa’s Consolation and Nārada’s Exempla to Sṛñjaya
Chapter 29
“महाराज! राजा शशबिन्दुने यह अनन्त धनराशि अश्वमेध नामक महायज्ञमें ब्राह्मणोंको दान कर दी थी ।।
mahārāja! rājā śaśabindunā iyam anantā dhanarāśir aśvamedha-nāmaka-mahāyajñe brāhmaṇebhyo dānena pradattā. sa cen mamāra śuñjaya caturbhadra-taraḥ tvayā; putrāt puṇya-taraś caiva mā putram anutapyathāḥ.
风神伐由说道：“大王啊！昔日沙沙宾度王在名为马祭（Aśvamedha）的盛大祭祀中，将这无量财聚尽数布施给婆罗门。然而他终究也遭逢死亡。须阇耶啊，那些在四种吉祥德行上胜过你、其功德远超你之子的人，尚且不能逃离无常。如此，你的儿子又能如何？因此，你不应为已逝之子沉溺悲恸。”
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even extraordinary merit, wealth, and auspicious qualities cannot prevent death; therefore grief should be tempered by understanding mortality and the limits of human control.
Vāyu addresses King Śuñjaya to console him for his son’s death, citing the example of King Śaśabindu—famed for immense gifts at an Aśvamedha—yet still subject to death, implying that Śuñjaya’s son too could not be exempt.