Shloka 86
Śoka-śamana: Kṛṣṇa’s Consolation and Nārada’s Exempla to Sṛñjaya
Chapter 29
तं पिबन् पाणिमिन्द्रस्य शतमद्ला व्यवर्धत । स आसीदू द्वादशसमो द्वादशाहेन पार्थिव:
taṁ piban pāṇim indrasya śatam adlā vyavardhata | sa āsīd dvādaśa-samaḥ dvādaśāhena pārthivaḥ ||
他吮饮因陀罗之手，便以惊人的速度增长，仿佛一日胜过百日。于是不过十二日，王子曼陀诃多（Māndhātṛ）便已如十二岁童子一般。
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
Extraordinary endowments gained through divine favor are not merely privileges; they intensify one’s duty. Rapidly acquired strength or maturity should be harnessed for dharma—especially in the context of righteous rulership and protection of subjects.
Vāyu narrates that a child, by drinking from Indra’s hand, grows at an unnatural rate—like a hundred days’ growth in one day—so that in twelve days he becomes comparable to a twelve-year-old. The child is identified as the royal prince Māndhātṛ.