Śoka-śamana: Kṛṣṇa’s Consolation and Nārada’s Exempla to Sṛñjaya
Chapter 29
स चेन्ममार सूंजय चतुर्भद्रतरस्त्वया । पुत्रात् पुण्यतरश्वैव मा पुत्रमनुतप्यथा:
sa cen mamāra suñjaya caturbhadrataras tvayā | putrāt puṇyataras caiva mā putram anutapyathāḥ ||
风神伐由(Vāyu)说道:“苏阇耶(Suñjaya)啊,若连那些具足四种吉祥德行、胜过于你,且功德尤胜于你之子的人,也终归一死——那么你的儿子又凭何能向死亡索取特权?故而,莫为你的儿子悲恸。”
वायुदेव उवाच
Death is universal and does not spare even those who are more virtuous or more excellently endowed; therefore excessive grief is to be restrained, and one should cultivate steadiness and acceptance in accordance with dharma.
Vāyudeva addresses Suñjaya, reasoning with him to lessen his sorrow: if even superior and highly meritorious persons have died, Suñjaya should not be overwhelmed by grief for his own son.