Shloka 11
ययातिदौहित्रपुण्यसमुच्चयः | Yayāti and the Grandsons’ Consolidation of Merit
तेषामध्वरजं धूम॑ स्वर्गद्वारमुपस्थितम्
teṣām adhvarajaṁ dhūmaḥ svargadvāram upasthitam
Nārada said: “For them, the smoke rising from the sacrificial rite—like a banner of the yajña—stood before them as the very gateway to heaven.”
नारद उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse presents yajña (rightly performed sacrificial duty) as a visible sign of merit: the smoke of the rite symbolizes the moral and ritual efficacy that opens the ‘gate of heaven,’ i.e., the fruit of disciplined, dharmic action.
Nārada is describing the consequence for certain people: the sacrificial smoke from their adhvara is poetically depicted as standing before them like the very entrance to svarga, indicating their assured heavenly attainment through ritual merit.