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इन्द्र उवाच
सर्वाणि कर्माणि समाप्य राजन् ।
गृहान् परित्यज्य वनं गतो ऽसि ॥
तत् त्वां पृच्छामि नहुषस्य पुत्र ।
केनासि तुल्यस् तपसा ययाते ॥
ययातिर् उवाच
नाहं देवमनुष्येषु न गन्धर्वमहर्षिषु ॥
आत्मनस् तपसा तुल्यं कं चित् पश्यामि वासव ॥
इन्द्र उवाच
यदावमंस्थाः सदृशः श्रेयसश् च ।
पापीयसश् चाविदितप्रभावः ॥
तस्माल् लोका अन्तवन्तस् तवेमे ।
क्षीणे पुण्ये पतितास्य् अद्य राजन् ॥
ययातिर् उवाच
सुरर्षिगन्धर्वनरावमानात् ।
क्षयं गता मे यदि शक्र लोकाः ॥
इच्छेयं वै सुरलोकाद् विहीनः ।
सतां मध्ये पतितुं देवराज ॥
इन्द्र उवाच
सतां सकाशे पतितासि राजंश् ।
च्युतः प्रतिष्ठां यत्र लब्धासि भूयः ॥
एवं विदित्वा तु पुनर् ययाते ।
न ते ऽवमान्याः सदृशः श्रेयसश् च ॥
indra uvāca
sarvāṇi karmāṇi samāpya rājan |
gṛhān parityajya vanaṃ gato 'si ||
tat tvāṃ pṛcchāmi nahuṣasya putra |
kenāsi tulyas tapasā yayāte ||
yayātir uvāca
nāhaṃ devamanuṣyeṣu na gandharvamaharṣiṣu ||
ātmanas tapasā tulyaṃ kaṃ cit paśyāmi vāsava ||
indra uvāca
yadāvamaṃsthāḥ sadṛśaḥ śreyasaś ca |
pāpīyasaś cāviditaprabhāvaḥ ||
tasmāl lokā antavantas taveme |
kṣīṇe puṇye patitāsy adya rājan ||
yayātir uvāca
surarṣigandharvanarāvamānāt |
kṣayaṃ gatā me yadi śakra lokāḥ ||
iccheyaṃ vai suralokād vihīnaḥ |
satāṃ madhye patituṃ devarāja ||
indra uvāca
satāṃ sakāśe patitāsi rājaṃś |
cyutaḥ pratiṣṭhāṃ yatra labdhāsi bhūyaḥ ||
evaṃ viditvā tu punar yayāte |
na te 'vamānyāḥ sadṛśaḥ śreyasaś ca ||
छन्द अज्ञात
Indra said: 'O king, having completed all your deeds and left your home, you have gone to the forest; O Yayati, son of Nahusha, to whom are you equal in austerity? This I ask you.' Yayati said: 'O Vasava, I see no one — among gods and men, nor among gandharvas and great sages — equal to me in austerity.' Indra said: 'O king, because, unaware of their power, you despised both equals, superiors, and inferiors, these worlds of yours have become finite; now, your merit exhausted, you have fallen.' Yayati said: 'O Shakra, king of the gods, if my worlds have perished for contempt toward gods, sages, gandharvas, and men, then, bereft of the world of the gods, I would wish to fall among the virtuous.' Indra said: 'O king, there where you will again find support — close to the virtuous — fallen, you shall land; O Yayati, knowing this, may your equals and superiors never again be despised by you.'
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उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
Here the hidden cause of Yayati's fall is revealed — pride. It is telling that Indra's question was a trap for vanity: 'to whom are you equal in austerity?' — and Yayati, swelling with pride, answers: 'I see no one equal to myself.' By this single proud thought alone he is cast down. Here is a stern lesson: pride (mada, ahamkara) destroys the fruit of even the greatest austerity; contempt for others — equals, superiors, even inferiors — is the gravest sin, one that nullifies merit accumulated over a lifetime. However great the austerity, pride in it is its ruin. Telling, too, is Yayati's request: 'let me fall among the virtuous' — even in his fall he seeks the company of the righteous (satsanga). Here begins his correction as well: one who, in misfortune, seeks not worldly refuge but the company of the saintly is already on the path to salvation. And Indra's mercy shows in the verdict: 'you shall fall among the virtuous, where you will again find support' — thus even punishment (the fall) turns into a blessing, through the righteous. Note, too, Indra's final charge: 'never again despise your equals and superiors' — a lesson in humility drawn from the fall itself. So scripture teaches: pride casts down, while humility and the company of the virtuous raise up.