Shloka 39

Śoka-śamana: Kṛṣṇa’s Consolation and Nārada’s Exempla to Sṛñjaya

Chapter 29

Devanagari script

शिबिमौशीनरं चैव मृतं सृंजय शुश्रुम

Transliteration

śibim auśīnaraṃ caiva mṛtaṃ sṛñjaya śuśruma

Translation

噢，刹利阇耶（Sṛñjaya），我们确已听闻乌尸那罗之子、奥尸那罗的施毗王（Śibi Auśīnara）亦已逝去——由此可知，即便那位以正法著称的楷模，也未能免于死亡。

Word by Word

• शिबिम्: Shibi (name of a king)
• शिबिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिबि
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• औशीनरम्: the son/descendant of Uśīnara; of the Uśīnara lineage
• औशीनरम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: औशीनर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• एव: indeed/just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• मृतम्: dead
• मृतम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मृत
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• सृंजय: O Sṛñjaya
• Type: Noun
• Root: सृंजय
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• शुश्रुम: we have heard
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु
• Form: Perfect (Paroksha), First, Plural, Parasmaipada

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vāyudeva
• Sṛñjaya
• Śibi
• Uśīnara

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores impermanence: even the most celebrated righteous king (Śibi) meets death. The ethical implication is to practice dharma without pride or attachment, remembering that worldly greatness does not overcome mortality.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāyudeva addresses Sṛñjaya and cites a remembered report: Śibi Auśīnara has died. The statement functions as an illustrative example within a broader instruction, using a famous moral exemplar to emphasize the universality of death.