Shloka 96

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

Chapter 29

Devanagari script

इष्टवा क्रतुसहस्रेण वाजपेयशतेन च । तर्पयामास विष्रेन्द्रांस्त्रेभि: काउचनपर्वतै:

Transliteration

iṣṭvā kratusahasreṇa vājapeyaśatena ca | tarpayāmāsa viprendrāṁs tribhiḥ kāñcanaparvataiḥ ||

Translation

风神伐由说道：“他曾举行一千次吠陀祭祀，又行一百次婆阇佩耶大祭；并以三座金山为施，令最尊贵的婆罗门们心满意足。”

Word by Word

• इष्ट्वा: having performed (sacrificed)
• इष्ट्वा: Adhikarana
• Type: Verb
• Root: यज्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), कर्तरि

• क्रतु-सहस्रेण: with a thousand sacrifices
• क्रतु-सहस्रेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रतु-सहस्र
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• वाजपेय-शतेन: with a hundred Vājapeya sacrifices
• वाजपेय-शतेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाजपेय-शत
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

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

• तर्पयामास: he satisfied / gratified
• Type: Verb
• Root: तृप्
• Form: लिट् (periphrastic perfect), Third, Singular, परस्मैपदम्

• विप्र-इन्द्रान्: the best of Brahmins
• विप्र-इन्द्रान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र-इन्द्र
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• त्रिभिः: with three
• त्रिभिः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रि
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• काञ्चन-पर्वतैः: with mountains of gold
• काञ्चन-पर्वतैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: काञ्चन-पर्वत
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vāyudeva (speaker)
• viprendra (foremost brāhmaṇas)
• kratu (Vedic sacrifices)
• Vājapeya (sacrifice)
• kāñcana-parvata (mountains of gold)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights dharmic kingship expressed through yajña (ritual responsibility) and dāna (generosity). Wealth and power are ethically validated when used to honor the learned and support sacred order, turning material abundance into lasting merit.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāyu describes a figure renowned for extraordinary religious acts: he performs vast numbers of major Vedic sacrifices and then satisfies eminent brāhmaṇas by donating immense wealth, poetically described as three mountains of gold.