Shloka 17
आरण्यकपर्वणि अध्यायः २१६ — इन्द्र-स्कन्द-संमुखता वज्रप्रहारश्च
Indra approaches Skanda; vajra strike and the arising of Viśākha
राजा ययातिर्दाहित्रै: पतितस्तारितो यथा । सद्धिः पुरुषशार्दूल तथाहं भवता द्विज:
rājā yayātir dauhitraiḥ patitas tārīto yathā | saddhiḥ puruṣaśārdūla tathāhaṃ bhavatā dvijaḥ ||
राजा ययाति स्वर्ग से गिर गए थे; परंतु उनके सद्गुणी दौहित्रों (पुत्री के पुत्रों) ने उनका उद्धार कर दिया और वे फिर स्वर्गलोक में प्रतिष्ठित हो गए। पुरुषसिंह! उसी प्रकार आपने भी आज मुझ ब्राह्मण को नरक में गिरने से बचा लिया।
ब्राह्मण उवाच
Educational Q&A
Righteous assistance by virtuous people can avert moral and spiritual downfall; timely dharmic action functions as ‘deliverance,’ restoring one from a fallen state (symbolized by hell or loss of heaven) to a higher condition.
A Brahmin speaker praises the addressed hero as a ‘tiger among men,’ comparing the hero’s saving act to the famous episode where King Yayāti, fallen from heaven, was redeemed by his grandsons and reinstated in heaven; likewise, the speaker says he has been saved from falling into hell.