Shloka 129
Śoka-śamana: Kṛṣṇa’s Consolation and Nārada’s Exempla to Sṛñjaya
Chapter 29
Devanagari script
स चेन्ममार सृंजय चतुर्भद्रतरस्त्वया । पुत्रात् पुण्यतरश्चैव मा पुत्रमनुतप्यथा:
Transliteration
sa cen mamāra sṛñjaya caturbhadrataras tvayā | putrāt puṇyataras caiva mā putram anutapyathāḥ ||
Translation
噢，室利阇耶，即便是兰提提婆——在先前所说的四种德行上胜过你，功德也远超你之子——也已逝去。若如此之人尚且死亡，你的儿子又何足道哉？因此，不必为你的孩子悲恸。
Word by Word
सःhe
सः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
चेत्if
चेत्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootचेत्
ममारdied
ममार:
TypeVerb
Rootमृ
FormPerfect (Paroksha), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada
सृंजयO Sṛñjaya
सृंजय:
TypeNoun (Proper name)
Rootसृंजय
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
चतुर्भद्रतरःmore excellent in four auspicious qualities
चतुर्भद्रतरः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootचतुर्भद्रतर
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
त्वयाthan you / by you
त्वया:
Karana
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
FormInstrumental, Singular
पुत्रात्than (your) son
पुत्रात्:
Apadana
TypeNoun
Rootपुत्र
FormMasculine, Ablative, Singular
पुण्यतरःmore virtuous
पुण्यतरः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootपुण्यतर
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
एवindeed
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
माdo not
मा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootमा
FormProhibitive particle with imperative/optative
पुत्रम्son
पुत्रम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootपुत्र
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
अनुतप्यथाःgrieve / lament
अनुतप्यथाः:
TypeVerb
Rootअनु-तप्
FormImperative, Second, Singular, Atmanepada
Speaker
वायुदेव उवाच
Characters & Entities
व
वायुदेव (Vāyudeva)स
सृंजय (Sṛñjaya)र
रन्तिदेव (Rantideva)प
पुत्र (son of Sṛñjaya)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 virtuous and highly meritorious people are subject to death; recognizing this universality of mortality, one should restrain excessive grief and cultivate steadiness of mind.
Vāyudeva addresses Sṛñjaya, citing the example of the famed righteous king Rantideva—superior in the previously described four virtues—to show that death spares no one, and thus Sṛñjaya should not lament his son.