Shloka 44
Śoka-śamana: Kṛṣṇa’s Consolation and Nārada’s Exempla to Sṛñjaya
Chapter 29
अदक्षिणमयज्वानं मा पुत्रमनुतप्यथा: । स चेन्ममार सूंजय चतुर्भद्रतरस्त्वया । पुत्रात् पुण्यतरश्वैव मा पुत्रमनुतप्यथा:
vāyudeva uvāca | adakṣiṇam ayajvānaṃ mā putram anutapyathāḥ | sa cen mamāra sṛñjaya caturbhadrataras tvayā | putrāt puṇyataras caiva mā putram anutapyathāḥ |
风神伐由天说道：“不要为你那既未行祭祀、亦未施祭礼之酬（达克希那）的儿子而悲恸。若连古时的尸毗王——噢，斯哩阇耶——在吉祥与德行上胜你四倍，功德又胜你之子者，尚且已死，那么他人又何足道哉？因此，不要为你的儿子哀伤。”
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
Vāyudeva teaches restraint of grief by recalling impermanence and ethical evaluation: death is universal even for the most virtuous, and lamentation should be tempered by dharmic understanding. He also links spiritual merit to yajña and dakṣiṇā (sacrificial giving), contrasting exemplary kings like Śibi with one who did not cultivate such merit.
In Śānti Parva’s consolatory instruction, Vāyudeva addresses King Sṛñjaya, who is mourning his son. To redirect him from sorrow, the deity cites the famed King Śibi—renowned for righteousness and generosity—who also died, arguing that if such a great person is subject to death, then grieving over others is futile; thus Sṛñjaya should cease lamenting.