Shloka 18
ययातिपतनम् — Yayāti’s Fall and the Offer of Dharma
Nārada’s Account
विचारश्न समुत्पन्नो निरीक्ष्य नहुषात्मजम् । को न्वयं कस्य वा राज्ञ: कथं वा स्वर्गमागत:
vicāraś ca samutpanno nirīkṣya nahuṣātmajam | ko nv ayaṁ kasya vā rājñaḥ kathaṁ vā svargam āgataḥ ||
เมื่อเห็นโอรสแห่งนหุษะแล้ว ชาวสวรรค์ก็เกิดความฉงนขึ้นว่า “ผู้นี้เป็นใคร? เป็นโอรสของพระราชาองค์ใด? และมาถึงสวรรค์ได้โดยวิธีใด?”
नारद उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores that access to Svarga is presumed to follow discernible dharmic merit; when someone appears without being known, the gods inquire into lineage and the ethical means by which he attained heaven.
Nārada narrates that the heavenly beings, noticing Yayāti (son of Nahuṣa) among them, become curious and doubtful, asking who he is, whose son, and how he has arrived in heaven.