अवमेने नरान् सर्वान् देवान् ऋषिगणांस् तथा ॥
ययातिर् मूढविज्ञानो विस्मयाविष्टचेतनः ॥
ततस् तं बुबुधे देवः शक्रो बलनिषूदनः ॥
ते च राजर्षयः सर्वे धिग् धिग् इत्य् एवम् अब्रुवन् ॥
विचारश् च समुत्पन्नो निरीक्ष्य नहुषात्मजम् ॥
को न्व् अयं कस्य वा राज्ञः कथं वा स्वर्गम् आगतः ॥
कर्मणा केन सिद्धो ऽयं क्व वानेन तपश् चितम् ॥
कथं वा ज्ञायते स्वर्गे केन वा ज्ञायते ऽप्य् उत ॥
एवं विचारयन्तस् ते राजानः स्वर्गवासिनः ॥
दृष्ट्वा पप्रच्छुर् अन्योन्यं ययातिं नृपतिं प्रति ॥
avamene narān sarvān devān ṛṣigaṇāṃs tathā ||
yayātir mūḍhavijñāno vismayāviṣṭacetanaḥ ||
tatas taṃ bubudhe devaḥ śakro balaniṣūdanaḥ ||
te ca rājarṣayaḥ sarve dhig dhig ity evam abruvan ||
vicāraś ca samutpanno nirīkṣya nahuṣātmajam ||
ko nv ayaṃ kasya vā rājñaḥ kathaṃ vā svargam āgataḥ ||
karmaṇā kena siddho 'yaṃ kva vānena tapaś citam ||
kathaṃ vā jñāyate svarge kena vā jñāyate 'py uta ||
evaṃ vicārayantas te rājānaḥ svargavāsinaḥ ||
dṛṣṭvā papracchur anyonyaṃ yayātiṃ nṛpatiṃ prati ||
"…Yayati, his understanding clouded and his mind seized by astonishment, began to despise all men, gods, and hosts of rishis. Then the god Shakra, destroyer of Bala, perceived his state, and all the royal sages cried, 'Shame, shame!' On beholding the son of Nahusha, a discussion arose: 'Who is he? Whose son, what king's? How did he come to heaven? By what deed did he attain perfection? Where did he amass his austerity? How is he known in heaven, and by whom indeed is he known?' Thus pondering, the heavenly kings, upon seeing King Yayati, began to question one another about him."
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Yayati's fall begins not with an outward transgression but with contempt. The moment he starts looking down on men, gods, and rishis, the celestial order ceases to recognize him. The questions of heaven's inhabitants show that true worth is not sustained by past merit alone.