Shloka 126
Śoka-śamana: Kṛṣṇa’s Consolation and Nārada’s Exempla to Sṛñjaya
Chapter 29
मृतान् महानुभावांस्त्व॑ श्रुत्वैव पृथिवीपतीन् । क्षत्रिय-धर्ममें तत्पर रहनेवाले
mṛtān mahānubhāvāṁs tvaṁ śrutvaiva pṛthivīpatīn | kṣatriya-dharmeṁ tatpara-rahanewāle, veda-vedāṅgoṁke pāraṅgata ve śūra-vīra nareś puṇyamayī vīra-gati ko prāpta hue haiṁ | pahleke mare hue mahānubhāv bhūpatīṁkā caritra sunkar tumheṁ apne un bandhūoṁke liye bhī śoka nahīṁ karnā cāhiye, ghaṭāḥ pātryaḥ kaṭāhāni sthālyaś ca piṭharāṇi ca | nāsīt kiñcid asauvarṇaṁ rantidevasya dhīmataḥ ||
风神婆由说道：“既已听闻那些大心之王、世间君主的逝去，你不应悲恸。那些英勇的统治者，恪守刹帝利之法（kṣatriya-dharma），精通吠陀及其支分，已得清净吉祥的武士归宿。听闻古昔大王们既往的行状，你也不当为自己亡故的亲族而哀号。并且，在智王阑提提婆的祭祀中，罐、杯、鼎釜、锅与碗等器皿，没有一件不是黄金所制。”
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The passage discourages grief over the death of righteous kings and one’s own relatives by framing death within dharma: warriors devoted to kṣatriya-duty and Vedic discipline attain a meritorious destiny; remembering exemplary lives of the past steadies the mind.
Vāyu addresses the listener, urging them not to mourn after hearing of the deaths of great kings. He then cites King Rantideva’s sacrificial setting—where even ordinary utensils were golden—to evoke the grandeur of past royal virtue, sacrifice, and exemplary conduct.