Shloka 13
ययातिपतन-कारणम् (The Cause of Yayāti’s Fall) — Nārada’s Counsel on Pride and Reconciliation
शतश: पुण्डरीका मे गोसवाश्चरिता: प्रभो । क्रतवो वाजपेयाश्व तेषां फलमवाप्लुहि
śataśaḥ puṇḍarīkā me gosavāś caritāḥ prabho | kratavo vājapeyāś ca teṣāṃ phalam avāpluhi ||
नारद उवाच—प्रभो, मया शतशः पुण्डरीकाः, गोसवाश्च, वाजपेयक्रतवश्चानुष्ठिताः। तेषां सर्वेषां फलं भवानवाप्नुयात्। मम रत्नं धनं वा कश्चिदन्यः परिच्छदो नास्ति यः क्रतुष्वनुपयुक्तः। अनेन सत्यधर्मप्रभावेन भवान् स्वर्गलोकं गच्छतु।
नारद उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the ethical power of satya (truthfulness) and dharmic action: ritual merit (yajña-phala) is grounded in sincere, righteous conduct and generous offering, and such integrity is portrayed as a cause for attaining svarga.
Nārada addresses a revered ‘Lord’ and declares that he has performed many major sacrifices and used up his valuables in them; he then offers or dedicates the accumulated merit (phala) of those rites to the addressee, blessing him to reach heaven through the force of that truthful merit.