Yayāti
mythological figure · 2 works · 6 mentions · 6 anchored passages
son of Nahuṣa
in the texts
Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa
Ancient king invoked as the one consecrated by Nahuṣa, paralleling Rāma's coming consecration.
"For in the morning your father, King Daśaratha, will consecrate you to the office of crown prince with loving delight, even as Nahuṣa once consecrated Yayāti.
That great king — lying prostrate in a manner wholly unbefitting him, like Yayāti fallen from the world of the gods at the exhaustion of his merit —
Yayāti, son of Nahuṣa, had attained the same realm as Śakra, and yet calamity touched him as well.
Rigveda
Legendary king with whom Agni is said to have dwelt of old.
O Agni, O Aṅgiras, as [you dwelt] with Manu, as with the Aṅgirases, as with Yayāti in the seat of old, O bright one — come hither, bring the divine folk, seat them on the sacred grass, and worship what is dear.
Those gods who shine forth from the distance, kin to the waters, dear to Manu, of Vivasvat's lineage, who sit upon the sacrificial grass of Yayāti, son of Nahuṣa — may they speak on our behalf.