Shloka 16

ययातिपतन-कारणम् (The Cause of Yayāti’s Fall) — Nārada’s Counsel on Pride and Reconciliation

Devanagari script

एवं सर्वे समस्तैस्ते राजान: सुकृतैस्तदा । ययातिं स्वर्गतो भ्रष्ट तारयामासुरञज्जसा,इस प्रकार अपने सम्पूर्ण सत्कर्मोके द्वारा उन सब राजाओंने स्वर्गसे गिरे हुए राजा ययातिको अनायास ही तार दिया

Transliteration

evaṁ sarve samastais te rājānaḥ sukṛtais tadā | yayātiṁ svargato bhraṣṭaṁ tārayāmāsur añjasā ||

Translation

నారదుడు పలికెను—“ఇలా ఆ రాజులందరూ తమ సమిష్టి సుకృతపుణ్యబలంతో స్వర్గం నుండి పతనమైన రాజు యయాతిని సులభంగా उद्धరించారు.”

Word by Word

एवम्thus, in this manner

सर्वेall

समस्तैःwith/through combined (collective) (means)

तेthose (they)

राजानःkings

सुकृतैःby good deeds/merits

तदाthen, at that time

ययातिम्Yayati (king)

स्वर्गतःfrom heaven

भ्रष्टम्fallen (down)

तारयामासुःthey delivered/saved

अञ्जसाeasily, straightaway

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

Nārada

Yayāti

kings (collective group)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Merit born of righteous conduct (sukṛta/puṇya) has real efficacy: when virtuous people act in unity, their accumulated goodness can uplift and ‘deliver’ even one who has fallen from a higher moral or celestial status.

What is happening in the narrative?

Nārada states that a group of kings, acting together, used the power of their good deeds to restore or save King Yayāti, who had fallen from heaven—implying a transfer or sharing of merit that enables his recovery.