How did the power of listening to Rama's story affect the incident with the scorpion?

The author attributes the peaceful resolution of the scorpion incident to the sacred atmosphere created by the telling of Rama's story. According to Chapter 22, the author, the speaker, and the other listeners were completely engrossed in the narrative. The author suggests that this is the "greatness of Rama's story"—that obstacles cannot assert their power in its presence and must become still, "forgetting their own nature." He even poetically describes the scorpion as sitting still, as if "absorbed in hearing," highlighting the belief that the divine story pacified both the man and the potentially deadly creature.