ययातिदौहित्रपुण्यसमुच्चयः | Yayāti and the Grandsons’ Consolidation of Merit
'ये आपको तार देंगे। दौहित्रोंके द्वारा मातामह (नाना)-का यह उद्धार पुरातन वेदशास्त्रमें स्पष्ट देखा गया है। राजन! मैं आपकी पुत्री माधवी हूँ और इस तपोवनमें मृगोंके समान जीवनचर्या बनाकर विचरती हूँ ।।
mayāpy upacito dharmas tato 'rthaṃ pratigṛhṇatām | yasmād rājan narāḥ sarve apatyaphalabhāginaḥ ||
“我亦积聚了功德(达摩);因此,请为此事收受。因为,哦大王,世间男子皆同分由子嗣而来的果报。”
नारद उवाच
Merit (dharma) is not merely private; it can be directed toward a purpose connected with family continuity, because the benefits of progeny are understood as shared—linking personal righteousness with intergenerational responsibility.
The speaker addresses a king and offers accumulated merit to be accepted for a specific end, grounding the request in the principle that all people partake in the fruits associated with offspring.