Shloka 9
Matsya Purana — Yayāti’s Fall
*ययातिरुवाच यावत्पृथिव्यां विहितं गवाश्वं सहारण्यैः पशुभिः पक्षिभिश्च तावल्लोका दिवि ते संस्थिता वै तथा विजानीहि नरेन्द्रसिंह //
*yayātiruvāca yāvatpṛthivyāṃ vihitaṃ gavāśvaṃ sahāraṇyaiḥ paśubhiḥ pakṣibhiśca tāvallokā divi te saṃsthitā vai tathā vijānīhi narendrasiṃha //
Yayāti said: “So long as, upon the earth, your cattle and horses are duly established—together with the creatures of the forests, the beasts and the birds—so long indeed do your worlds remain firmly set in heaven. Know it thus, O lion among kings.”
FAQs
This verse does not describe pralaya; it teaches a karmic principle: a king’s heavenly merit is sustained as long as his earthly order and prosperity—symbolized by cattle, horses, and protected living beings—remain properly maintained.
It frames righteous maintenance of wealth and living beings (especially cattle and horses, and by extension protection of creatures and forests) as a kingly duty whose result is lasting punya and “worlds in heaven,” linking governance and stewardship to spiritual reward.
No direct Vāstu or temple-ritual rule appears here; the closest ritual-ethical takeaway is stewardship—properly ‘establishing’ and protecting resources and beings—presented as a dharmic foundation for merit.