Shloka 42
Āstīka-stuti at Janamejaya’s Sacrifice (आस्तीकस्तुतिः / यज्ञप्रशंसा)
द्विजप्रभावादू राजेन्द्र व्यजीवत् सवनस्पति: । तेनागम्य नरश्रेष्ठ पुंसास्मासु निवेदितम्
dvijaprabhāvādū rājendra vyajīvat savanaspatiḥ | tenāgamya naraśreṣṭha puṁsāsmāsu niveditam |
द्विजप्रभावाद् राजेन्द्र स वनस्पतिः पुनर्जीवितः। ततः स नरश्रेष्ठ आगत्य तक्षकस्य द्विजस्य च वृत्तान्तं पुंसामस्मासु निवेदितवान्।
जनमेजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores the acknowledged spiritual efficacy (prabhāva/tejas) of a Brahmin: ascetic or sacred power can reverse even seemingly irreversible harm, and such power carries ethical weight in how events unfold and are judged.
Janamejaya tells the king that, due to the Brahmin’s power, the tree was revived; afterward a man returned and reported to them the episode involving Takṣaka and the Brahmin, advancing the chain of testimony that frames the larger story.