Shloka 7

ययातिपतन-कारणम् (The Cause of Yayāti’s Fall) — Nārada’s Counsel on Pride and Reconciliation

Devanagari script

प्राप्तवानस्मि यल्लोके क्षत्रवंशोद्धवं यश: । वीरशब्दफलं चैव तेन संयुज्यतां भवान्‌

Transliteration

prāptavān asmi yal loke kṣatravaṁśodbhavaṁ yaśaḥ | vīraśabdaphalaṁ caiva tena saṁyujyatāṁ bhavān ||

Translation

Nārada sprach: „In dieser Welt habe ich den Ruhm erlangt, der aus dem Geschlecht der Kṣatriyas hervorgeht, und auch den Lohn, der daraus erwächst, als ‘Held’ gepriesen zu werden. Mögest auch du damit verbunden sein—mögest du solchen Ruhm und die wahre Frucht der Tapferkeit gewinnen.“

Word by Word

प्राप्तवान्having obtained / I have obtained

अस्मिI am

यत्which/that (introducing a relative clause)

लोकेin the world

क्षत्रवंशोद्धवम्arisen from the Kshatriya lineage

यशःfame

वीरशब्दफलम्the fruit/result of the word ‘hero’ (i.e., the reward of being called a hero)

चand

एवindeed/just

तेनby/with that

संयुज्यताम्let (him) be joined/associated

भवान्you (honorific)

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

Nārada

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights a kṣatriya ideal: honorable fame (yaśas) and the ‘fruit’ of being recognized as heroic should be grounded in genuine valor and conduct worthy of praise, not merely in birth or empty acclaim.

What is happening in the narrative?

Nārada speaks in a laudatory, exhortative tone, stating that he has gained worldly renown connected with kṣatriya lineage and heroic reputation, and he urges the listener (addressed respectfully as bhavān) to attain the same—i.e., to be united with such glory and its results.