Shloka 21
Guṇa-vibhāga and Prāṇa–Agni–Yoga Upadeśa (गुणविभाग तथा प्राण-अग्नि-योगोपदेश)
नागानामथ यक्षाणां गन्धर्वाणां च सर्वश: । अवाप्य स वरं राजन् सर्वलोकपितामहात्,राजन! वह सम्पूर्ण लोकोंके पितामह ब्रह्माजीसे वर पाकर देवताओं, दैत्यों, राक्षसों, नागों, यक्षों और समस्त गन्धर्वोके लिये अवध्य हो गया है
nāgānām atha yakṣāṇāṃ gandharvāṇāṃ ca sarvaśaḥ | avāpya sa varaṃ rājan sarvalokapitāmahāt ||
Uttanka said: “And thus, O King, having obtained a boon from Brahmā—the grandsire of all the worlds—he became invulnerable in every way to the Nāgas, the Yakṣas, and the Gandharvas.” The passage underscores how a divinely granted boon can place a being beyond ordinary retribution, raising a moral tension: power secured by favor must still be weighed against dharma, for immunity from harm is not immunity from ethical consequence.
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.