Shloka 6
Adhyaya 36 — Madalasa’s Final Counsel and the Renunciation of King Ritadhvaja
मदालसोवाच यदा दुःखमसह्यं ते प्रियबन्धुवियोगजम् ।
शत्रुबाधोद्भवं वापि वित्तनाशात्मसम्भवम् ॥
madālasovāca yadā duḥkhamasahyaṃ te priyabandhuviyogajam | śatrubādhodbhavaṃ vāpi vittanāśātmasambhavam
قالت مادالاسا: إذا أتاك حزنٌ لا يُحتمل—ناشئٌ عن فراق الأقارب الأحبّة، أو صادرٌ عن قهر الأعداء، أو منبعثٌ من فقدان الثروة—
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FAQs
The text catalogs common sources of human distress (loss, conflict, separation) to motivate dispassion and to provide a concrete trigger for remembrance of dharmic instruction during crisis.
Didactic material embedded in Vaṃśānucarita; it is ethical instruction rather than cosmology or manvantara enumeration.
By listing external and internal causes of duḥkha, the verse points toward a deeper claim: suffering is structurally tied to attachment and identification, not merely to events.