Shloka 5
Paurava-vaṃśa-kathana (Account of the Paurava Lineage) | महाभारत आदि पर्व अध्याय ८९
इन्द्र उवाच सतां सकाशे पतितासि राजं- क्ष्युतः प्रतिष्ठां यत्र लब्धासि भूय: । एतद् विदित्वा च पुनर्ययाते त्वं मावमंस्था: सदृश: श्रेयसश्ल॒,इन्द्र बोले--राजा ययाति! तुम यहाँसे च्युत होकर साधु पुरुषोंके समीप गिरोगे और वहाँ अपनी खोयी हुई प्रतिष्ठा पुन: प्राप्त कर लोगे। यह सब जानकर तुम फिर कभी अपने बराबर तथा अपनेसे बड़े लोगोंका अपमान न करना
indra uvāca: satāṃ sakāśe patitāsi rājan, kṣyutaḥ pratiṣṭhāṃ yatra labdhāsi bhūyaḥ | etad viditvā ca punar yayāte tvaṃ māvamamsthāḥ sadṛśaḥ śreyasaś ca ||
Indra said: “O King, you will fall from here into the company of the virtuous; and there you will regain the honor you have lost. Knowing this, O Yayāti, never again show contempt toward those who are your equals—or those who are superior to you.”
इन्द्र उवाच
Educational Q&A
Honor and status are sustained by humility and right conduct: one should not insult equals or superiors. Even if one falls from a high position, association with the virtuous can restore true reputation.
Indra addresses King Yayāti, foretelling his fall from the celestial state and assuring him that among virtuous people he will regain lost honor; Indra then warns him not to repeat the fault of contempt toward peers and elders.