Shloka 25
Śoka-śamana: Kṛṣṇa’s Consolation and Nārada’s Exempla to Sṛñjaya
Chapter 29
सुहोत्रं चैवातिथिनं मृतं सूंजय शुश्रुम । यस्मिन् हिरण्यं ववृषे मघवा परिवत्सरम्
su-hotram caivātithinaṁ mṛtaṁ sṛñjaya śuśruma | yasmin hiraṇyaṁ vavṛṣe maghavā parivatsaram ||
风神婆由说道：“噢，室利阇耶，我们听闻那位以爱敬宾客而著称的苏霍特罗王也已逝去。在他的国土中，摩伽梵（因陀罗）曾令黄金如雨降落整整一年。”
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the ethical ideal that honoring guests (atithi-satkara) is a royal and dharmic virtue that brings extraordinary merit—so much so that it is portrayed as attracting divine blessing (Indra’s shower of gold).
Vāyu addresses Sṛñjaya and reports the death of King Suhotra, recalling Suhotra’s famed hospitality and the miraculous prosperity associated with his reign, symbolized by Indra raining gold for a year.