Shloka 18
विचारश्न समुत्पन्नो निरीक्ष्य नहुषात्मजम् । को न्वयं कस्य वा राज्ञ: कथं वा स्वर्गमागत:,नहुषपुत्र ययातिको देखकर स्वर्गवासियोंमें यह विचार खड़ा हो गया--“यह कौन है? किस राजाका पुत्र है? और कैसे स्वर्गमें आ गया है?
vicāraś ca samutpanno nirīkṣya nahuṣātmajam | ko nv ayaṁ kasya vā rājñaḥ kathaṁ vā svargam āgataḥ ||
那罗陀说道：见到纳胡沙之子雅雅提，天界众生心中生起疑惑：“此人是谁？是哪位国王之子？又凭何等因缘得至斯瓦尔伽？”此偈强调：入天之资格理当建立在可辨识的功德与正法之上；故当陌生之人现于诸神之间，便引发审视与追问。
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.