Shloka 3
ययातिपतनम् — Yayāti’s Fall and the Offer of Dharma
Nārada’s Account
फिर हाथमें हार लिये बहिन माधवीको रथपर बिठाकर पूरु और यदु--ये दोनों भाई आश्रमपर गये ।।
nāgayakṣamanuṣyāṇāṃ gandharvamṛgapakṣiṇām | śailadrumavanaukānām āsīt tatra samāgamaḥ ||
उस स्वयंवर में नाग, यक्ष, मनुष्य, गन्धर्व, पशु, पक्षी तथा पर्वतों, वृक्षों और वनों में निवास करनेवाले प्राणियों का वहाँ शुभ समागम हुआ।
नारद उवाच
Educational Q&A
A dharmic and publicly significant rite is portrayed as drawing a broad, harmonious witness—across human, semi-divine, and natural realms—suggesting that righteous order resonates beyond a single community.
Nārada describes the scene at that event: many kinds of beings—Nāgas, Yakṣas, humans, Gandharvas, animals, birds, and forest and mountain dwellers—assemble together, emphasizing the grandeur and auspiciousness of the occasion.