Shloka 53

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

Chapter 29

Devanagari script

कालवर्षी च पर्जन्य: सस्यानि समपादयत्‌ । नित्यं सुभिक्षमेवासीद्‌ रामे राज्यं प्रशासति

Transliteration

kālavarṣī ca parjanyaḥ sasyāni samapādayat | nityaṃ subhikṣam evāsīd rāme rājyaṃ praśāsati ||

Translation

甘霖应时而降，雨神帕尔贾尼亚（Parjanya）使五谷丰登、成熟圆满。罗摩治理国土之时，常有丰饶与昌盛——此乃正法之治的写照，连自然亦护佑众生福祉。

Word by Word

• कालवर्षी: seasonal (raining at the proper time)
• कालवर्षी: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कालवर्षिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• पर्जन्यः: rain-cloud; rain
• पर्जन्यः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्जन्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सस्यानि: crops
• सस्यानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सस्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• समपादयत्: produced; brought about
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + पद् (सम्पादयति)
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• नित्यम्: always
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य

• सुभिक्षम्: good harvest; abundance; prosperity
• सुभिक्षम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुभिक्ष
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• एव: indeed; only
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• आसीत्: was
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• रामे: when/while Rama (was present); in the time of Rama
• रामे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राम
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• राज्यम्: the kingdom
• राज्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: राज्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• प्रशासति: rules; governs
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + शास्
• Form: Present (Laṭ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vāyudeva
• Parjanya
• Rāma
• rājya (kingdom)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Righteous governance (rājadharma) is portrayed as harmonizing society with the natural and cosmic order: when a king rules justly, rains come in season, crops flourish, and the people enjoy steady abundance.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāyudeva describes an ideal reign: during Rāma’s administration, Parjanya sends timely rains, agriculture succeeds, and the kingdom experiences continual prosperity (subhikṣa).