Shloka 19
अध्याय १२२ — कृष्णस्य दुर्योधनं प्रति नीत्युपदेशः
Kṛṣṇa’s Ethical Counsel to Duryodhana
जो मनुष्य तुम्हारे स्वर्गसे गिरने और पुनः आरूढ़ होनेके इस वृत्तान्तको आपसमें कहें- सुनेंगे, वे संकटमें पड़नेपर भी उससे पार हो जायँगे; इसमें संशय नहीं है ।।
yo manuṣyas tumhāre svargase girane punaḥ ārūḍha hone ke is vṛttānt ko āpas meṁ kaheṁ-suneṁge, ve saṅkaṭ meṁ paṛane par bhī usse pār ho jāyaṁge; ismeṁ saṁśaya nahīṁ hai. nārada uvāca—eṣa doṣo 'bhimānena purā prāpto yayātinā; nirbadhnatātimātraṁ ca gālavena mahīpate.
Nārada said: “Whoever recounts and listens to this account of your fall from heaven and your ascent again will, even when beset by calamity, cross beyond it—of this there is no doubt. O king, in former times this very fault overtook King Yayāti because of pride; and through excessive insistence and stubborn resolve the sage Gālava too had to endure great hardship.”
नारद उवाच
Educational Q&A
Pride (abhimāna) and excessive insistence (nirbandha) lead to downfall and suffering; remembering and sharing instructive narratives is presented as a means of gaining resilience and crossing over crises.
Nārada tells the king that recounting the episode of falling from heaven and rising again protects listeners in times of distress, and he supports this by citing earlier examples: Yayāti’s trouble caused by pride and Gālava’s severe hardship caused by relentless insistence.