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 ||
Wika ni Nārada: “O Panginoon, nagsagawa ako ng daan-daang ritong Puṇḍarīka, tumupad sa mga pagtalima ng Gosava, at nagsakatuparan ng mga handog na Vājapeya. Nawa’y tanggapin mo ang bunga ng lahat ng iyon. Wala ni isang hiyas, yaman, o anumang pag-aari ko na hindi ko naihandog sa mga sakripisyo. Sa kapangyarihan ng katotohanang ito at ng matuwid na gawang ito, nawa’y marating mo ang daigdig ng langit.”
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.