Shloka 25
Go-apahāra (Cattle Theft), Go-dāna (Cow-Gift), and Suvarṇa-dakṣiṇā (Gold Fee): Karmic Consequence and Purificatory Merit
अश्रौष॑ पतितश्नाहं यमस्योच्चै: प्रभाषत: । वासुदेव: समुद्धर्ता भविता ते जनार्दन:,“गिरते समय उच्चस्वरसे बोलते हुए यमराजकी यह बात मेरे कानोंमें पड़ी--“महाराज! एक हजार दिव्य वर्ष पूर्ण होनेपर तुम्हारे पापकर्मका भोग समाप्त होगा। उस समय जनार्दन भगवान् श्रीकृष्ण आकर तुम्हारा उद्धार करेंगे और तुम अपने पुण्यकर्मोके प्रभावसे प्राप्त हुए सनातन लोकोंमें जाओगे”
aśrauṣaṁ patitaśnāhaṁ yamasyoccaiḥ prabhāṣataḥ | vāsudevaḥ samuddhartā bhavitā te janārdanaḥ ||
گرتے ہوئے میں نے یم راج کو بلند آواز میں کہتے سنا—“جناردن واسودیو ہی تمہارا نجات دہندہ ہوگا۔”
ब्राह्मण उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even when one undergoes the consequences of sinful actions, deliverance is possible when the karmic burden is exhausted; divine grace—here identified with Janārdana Vāsudeva—can lift a being toward higher, enduring realms supported by prior merit.
The Brahmin narrator reports overhearing Yama speaking loudly at the moment of his fall, declaring that Janārdana (Kṛṣṇa) will later come as a rescuer and lead him onward once the period of suffering for sin is completed.