Shloka 21
Guṇa-vibhāga and Prāṇa–Agni–Yoga Upadeśa (गुणविभाग तथा प्राण-अग्नि-योगोपदेश)
नागानामथ यक्षाणां गन्धर्वाणां च सर्वश: । अवाप्य स वरं राजन् सर्वलोकपितामहात्
nāgānām atha yakṣāṇāṃ gandharvāṇāṃ ca sarvaśaḥ | avāpya sa varaṃ rājan sarvalokapitāmahāt ||
उत्तंक बोले—राजन्! समस्त लोकों के पितामह ब्रह्मा से वर पाकर वह नागों, यक्षों और गन्धर्वों के लिए भी सब प्रकार से अवध्य हो गया है।
उत्तड़क उवाच
Educational Q&A
A boon from a cosmic authority can confer extraordinary protection, but the ethical implication is that such power should not be mistaken for moral rightness; dharma remains the higher measure even when one is beyond ordinary harm.
Uttanka reports to the king that a certain figure has received a boon from Brahmā, making him wholly invulnerable to classes of supernatural beings—Nāgas, Yakṣas, and Gandharvas—thereby explaining why he cannot be easily checked or punished by them.