Shloka 25
Adhyaya 22 — Kuvalayashva’s Death through Daitya-Deceit and Madalasa’s Self-Immolation
मदालसा तु द् दृष्ट्वा तदीयं कण्ठभूषणम् ।
तत्याजाशु प्रियान् प्राणान् श्रुत्वा च निहन्त पतिम् ॥
madālasā tu d dṛṣṭvā tadīyaṃ kaṇṭhabhūṣaṇam /
tatyājāśu priyān prāṇān śrutvā ca nihanta patim
Doch Mādālasā, als sie die Halskette sah und hörte, dass ihr Gemahl erschlagen worden war, gab rasch ihren geliebten Lebenshauch auf.
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FAQs
The episode illustrates how intense attachment (to spouse, status, tokens like ornaments) can precipitate collapse. It prepares for the counter-teaching: steadiness through discernment of anityatā.
Narrative ethics within royal lineage context (vaṃśānucarita-type), rather than sarga/manvantara material.
The necklace functions as a ‘saṃskāra-trigger’: a sensory object awakening overpowering memory (smṛti) and grief. Esoterically, it shows how vāsanā-s can dominate prāṇa and mind when viveka is absent.