Shloka 48
Śoka-śamana: Kṛṣṇa’s Consolation and Nārada’s Exempla to Sṛñjaya
Chapter 29
भरतस्य महत् कर्म सर्वराजसु पार्थिवा: । खं मर्त्या इव बाहुभ्यां नानुगन्तुमशक्नुवन्
bharatasya mahat karma sarvarājasu pārthivāḥ | khaṃ martyā iva bāhubhyāṃ nānugantum aśaknuvan ||
风神婆由说道：“在大地上一切君王之中，婆罗多的功业伟大无比，诸王皆不能效法——正如凡人仅凭两臂，不能在苍穹中游泳一般。”
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
True greatness in righteous kingship can be so exceptional that it becomes practically inimitable; the verse underscores both the rarity of such dharmic achievement and the natural limits of ordinary rulers.
Vāyudeva is praising King Bharata by comparing his unparalleled royal accomplishment to an impossible act for humans—swimming through the sky—thereby asserting that other kings could not match or reproduce Bharata’s standard.