Shloka 7
Sukesha's Boon & Twelve Dharmas — Sukesha’s Boon, the Twelve Dharmas of Beings, and the Cosmography of the Seven Dvipas with the Twenty-One Hells
स कदाचिद् गतो ऽरण्यं मागधं राक्षसेश्वरः तत्राश्रमांस्तु ददृशो ऋषीणां भावितात्मनाम्
sa kadācid gato 'raṇyaṃ māgadhaṃ rākṣaseśvaraḥ tatrāśramāṃstu dadṛśo ṛṣīṇāṃ bhāvitātmanām
Einst begab sich der Herr der rākṣasas in den Wald von Māgadha. Dort erblickte er die Āśramas der ṛṣis, deren Selbst durch geistige Übung geläutert war.
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FAQs
Even a rākṣasa ruler is shown entering the domain of disciplined sages, indicating that access to dharma-jñāna is opened by approach and receptivity rather than birth alone; the forest āśrama functions as a locus of transformation through contact with the spiritually refined (bhāvitātman).
Primarily Vamśānucarita/Carita (narrative episode concerning a particular character and his encounter with ṛṣis), serving as a frame for later doctrinal exposition rather than cosmogenesis (sarga/pratisarga).
The movement from royal/violent identity (rākṣasa-īśvara) into the forest of sages symbolizes the shift from power to inquiry—an archetypal Purāṇic pattern where worldly authority is subordinated to tapas and wisdom.