Shloka 3
अध्याय १२२ — कृष्णस्य दुर्योधनं प्रति नीत्युपदेशः
Kṛṣṇa’s Ethical Counsel to Duryodhana
कर्मभि: स्वैरुपचितो जज्वाल परया श्रिया,दौहित्रोंके पुण्यफलसे प्राप्त हुए अविचल स्थानको पाकर अपने सत्कर्मोसे बढ़े हुए राजा ययाति उत्कृष्ट शोभासे प्रकाशित होने लगे
karmabhiḥ svair upacito jajvāla parayā śriyā | dauhitrāṇāṃ puṇyaphalena prāptam avicala-sthānaṃ prāpya svaiḥ satkarmabhir vardhitaḥ rājā yayātiḥ utkṛṣṭa-śobhāyā prakāśamānaḥ babhūva ||
Nārada said: “King Yayāti, enriched by his own deeds, blazed with surpassing splendor. Having attained the unshakable station won through the meritorious fruit of his grandsons, he shone forth with an exalted radiance, his glory further increased by his own righteous actions.”
नारद उवाच
Educational Q&A
Merit arises from one’s own righteous actions and can also be strengthened through the accumulated virtue of one’s descendants; true splendor is portrayed as the ethical radiance produced by dharmic karma.
Nārada describes King Yayāti’s exalted condition: having reached a firm, unshakable status through the merit connected with his grandsons, Yayāti shines with extraordinary glory, further enhanced by his own good deeds.