Shloka 8
Adhyaya 23 — Ashvatara’s Vow for Madalasa and the Bestowal of Musical Science by Sarasvati
स भार्यां तां मृतां श्रुत्वा हृदयेष्टां मदालसाम् ।
पितरौ च पुरो दृष्ट्वा लज्जाशोकाब्धिमध्यगः ॥
sa bhāryāṃ tāṃ mṛtāṃ śrutvā hṛdayeṣṭāṃ madālasām | pitarau ca puro dṛṣṭvā lajjā-śokābdhi-madhyagaḥ ||
فلما سمع أن زوجته الحبيبة مادالاسا (Madālasā) قد ماتت، ورأى والديه أمامه، غاص في بحرٍ من الخزي والحزن.
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FAQs
The narrative treats grief as inseparable from moral self-assessment: shame arises not only from loss but from perceived failure of duty toward spouse and parents.
Ākhyāna/Upākhyāna; character-focused episode, not cosmological structure.
The ‘ocean’ metaphor signals a descent into saṃsāric suffering (duḥkha-sāgara), a common Purāṇic cue that a turn toward higher understanding or renunciation may follow.