Shloka 30
Adhyaya 22 — Kuvalayashva’s Death through Daitya-Deceit and Madalasa’s Self-Immolation
मच्छ्रु श्रुपुर्मद्वचनाद्द्विजरक्षणतत्परः ।
प्राप्तो मे यः सुतो मृत्युं कथं शोच्यः स धीमताम् ॥
macchru śrupur madvacanād dvijarakṣaṇatatparaḥ /
prāpto me yaḥ suto mṛtyuṃ kathaṃ śocyaḥ sa dhīmatām
“مطيعًا لكلامي، مخلصًا لحماية ذوي الولادتين (البراهمة)، لقي ابني الموت. فكيف يكون ممّن يرثيه الحكماء؟”
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FAQs
The king frames death in service of dharma as auspicious rather than tragic. Protecting the learned/ritual order is presented as a core royal duty, and sacrifice for it earns honor.
Ethical-political instruction embedded in lineage narrative (vaṃśānucarita-type).
‘Dvija’ can also be read symbolically as the ‘twice-born’ awareness (higher discernment). Protecting dvija thus hints at safeguarding sacred knowledge and inner awakening against forces of adharma.