Shloka 16

Devanagari script

एवं सर्वे समस्तैस्ते राजान: सुकृतैस्तदा । ययातिं स्वर्गतो भ्रष्ट तारयामासुरञज्जसा,इस प्रकार अपने सम्पूर्ण सत्कर्मोके द्वारा उन सब राजाओंने स्वर्गसे गिरे हुए राजा ययातिको अनायास ही तार दिया

Transliteration

evaṁ sarve samastais te rājānaḥ sukṛtais tadā | yayātiṁ svargato bhraṣṭaṁ tārayāmāsur añjasā ||

Translation

Nārada sprach: „So retteten all jene Könige, einmütig vereint und getragen vom Verdienst ihrer angesammelten guten Taten, mühelos König Yayāti, der aus dem Himmel gefallen war.“

Word by Word

एवम्thus, in this manner

सर्वेall

समस्तैःwith/through combined (collective) (means)

तेthose (they)

राजानःkings

सुकृतैःby good deeds/merits

तदाthen, at that time

ययातिम्Yayati (king)

स्वर्गतःfrom heaven

भ्रष्टम्fallen (down)

तारयामासुःthey delivered/saved

अञ्जसाeasily, straightaway

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

Nārada

Yayāti

kings (collective group)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Merit born of righteous conduct (sukṛta/puṇya) has real efficacy: when virtuous people act in unity, their accumulated goodness can uplift and ‘deliver’ even one who has fallen from a higher moral or celestial status.

What is happening in the narrative?

Nārada states that a group of kings, acting together, used the power of their good deeds to restore or save King Yayāti, who had fallen from heaven—implying a transfer or sharing of merit that enables his recovery.