Shloka 43
Śoka-śamana: Kṛṣṇa’s Consolation and Nārada’s Exempla to Sṛñjaya
Chapter 29
न भूतं न भविष्यं च सर्वराजसु सूंजय । अन्यत्रौशीनराच्छैब्याद् राजर्षेरिन्द्रविक्रमात्
na bhūtaṃ na bhaviṣyaṃ ca sarvarājasu sūṃjaya | anyatra auśīnarāc chaibyād rājarṣer indravi kramāt ||
风神伐由说道：“噢，苏姆迦耶，在诸王之中，过去不曾有，未来也不会有，唯有乌施那罗族的王——尸毗王（娑伊毗耶），那位具因陀罗般威力的王仙，才真正能够承担那样的重任。”
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse elevates King Śibi as an unmatched model of rājadharma: true kingship is measured not merely by power but by the capacity to shoulder extraordinary moral responsibility and self-sacrificial duty for the sake of righteousness.
Vāyu addresses Sūṃjaya and declares that among all kings across time, only King Śibi—renowned as Auśīnara/Śaibya and described as a rājarṣi with Indra-like prowess—was fit to bear the exceptional burden being discussed, thereby setting Śibi up as the supreme ethical exemplar.