Shloka 60
Nāgendra–Brāhmaṇa Saṃvāda: Praśna-vidhi and Dharmic Approach on the Gomatī Riverbank
अथ किंचिदपश्यन्तौ दानवौ मधुकैटभौ । पुनराजम्मतुस्तत्र वेगितौ पश्यतां च तो
atha kiñcid apaśyantau dānavau madhukaiṭabhau | punar ājagmatustatra vegitau paśyatāṃ ca tau ||
Vaiśaṃpāyana said: Then, seeing nothing of consequence, the two Dānava demons Madhu and Kaiṭabha hurried back to that very place, even as they were being watched.
वैशग्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse hints that lack of true discernment (apaśyantau) leads beings driven by impulse (vegitau) to repeat the same misguided return, illustrating how delusion sustains adharmic patterns rather than enabling a wiser, dharmic choice.
Madhu and Kaiṭabha, finding nothing (or failing to perceive anything) where they are, rush back again to the same place; the narrator notes this return occurs while they are being observed.