Shloka 29
Śoka-śamana: Kṛṣṇa’s Consolation and Nārada’s Exempla to Sṛñjaya
Chapter 29
“उन नदियोंमें सैकड़ों और हजारोंकी संख्यामें सुवर्णमय मत्स्यों, ग्राहों और कछुओंको गिराया गया देख अतिथिप्रिय राजा सुहोत्र आश्वर्यचकित हो उठे थे ।।
tad dhiraṇyam aparyantam āvṛtaṃ kurujāṅgale | ījāno vitate yajñe brāhmaṇebhyaḥ samārpayat ||
见诸河之中被投下成百上千的金鱼、金鳄与金龟，素以敬客著称的苏霍特罗王（Suhotra）惊奇失色。那无量的黄金堆积，遍覆拘卢旃伽罗（Kurujāṅgala）之地。苏霍特罗遂于彼处举行盛大祭祀；当仪轨依次铺陈之时，他将全部宝藏作为达克希那（dakṣiṇā，祭礼酬赠）施与诸婆罗门。
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
Royal dharma is fulfilled not by hoarding extraordinary wealth but by converting it into righteous action—especially yajña and dāna. Suhotra’s response to sudden abundance is disciplined generosity: he channels the treasure into a public, dharma-affirming distribution to brāhmaṇas.
A miraculous abundance of gold—described through golden aquatic creatures appearing in rivers and an immense gold mass spreading over Kurujāṅgala—astonishes King Suhotra. He then performs an extensive sacrifice and gives away the entire treasure as gifts to brāhmaṇas.