Shloka 7
Adhyaya 26 — Madālasa Names Alarka and Reorients Him Toward Kshatriya Duty
तथैव सोऽपि तन्वङ्ग्या बालत्वादवबोधितः ।
क्रियाश्चकार निष्कामो न किञ्चिदुपकारकम् ॥
tathaiva so 'pi tanvaṅgyā bālatvād avabodhitaḥ / kriyāś cakāra niṣkāmo na kiñcid upakārakam
وكذلك ذلك الغلامُ أيضًا—وقد لُقِّن منذ الطفولة على يد أمّه الرشيقة الأعضاء—كان يعمل بلا شهوة، ولا يفعل شيئًا يقصد به منفعةً أو كسبًا.
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FAQs
A child shaped early toward non-attachment can act without being driven by profit or status. The verse anticipates the later, more explicit teaching: do your duty, but do not be owned by outcomes.
Dharma/Ācāra instruction embedded in narrative (upākhyāna). It is a moral-psychological teaching rather than a genealogical or cosmological enumeration.
‘From childhood’ points to saṃskāra at the subtle level: the mind is trained to witness action rather than identify with agency and reward, aligning with renunciatory/advaitic sensibilities.