Shloka 11

ययातिदौहित्रपुण्यसमुच्चयः | Yayāti and the Grandsons’ Consolidation of Merit

Devanagari script

तेषामध्वरजं धूम॑ स्वर्गद्वारमुपस्थितम्‌

Transliteration

teṣām adhvarajaṁ dhūmaḥ svargadvāram upasthitam

Translation

那罗陀说道：“对他们而言，祭祀之烟升腾而起——如同祭礼（yajña）的旗帜——立在面前，正是通往天界之门。”

Word by Word

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• अध्वरजम्: sacrificial smoke
• अध्वरजम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्वरज
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• धूमम्: smoke
• धूमम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धूम
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• स्वर्गद्वारम्: the gate to heaven
• स्वर्गद्वारम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वर्गद्वार
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• उपस्थितम्: present/arrived; having appeared
• उपस्थितम्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-स्था (स्था)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular, क्त (past passive participle)

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• adhvara (yajña/sacrifice)
• dhūma (sacrificial smoke)
• svarga (heaven)
• svargadvāra (gate of heaven)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse presents yajña (rightly performed sacrificial duty) as a visible sign of merit: the smoke of the rite symbolizes the moral and ritual efficacy that opens the ‘gate of heaven,’ i.e., the fruit of disciplined, dharmic action.

What is happening in the narrative?

Nārada is describing the consequence for certain people: the sacrificial smoke from their adhvara is poetically depicted as standing before them like the very entrance to svarga, indicating their assured heavenly attainment through ritual merit.