Shloka 40
Adhyaya 63 — The Birth of Svarocis and the Rescue of Manoramā: The Astra-Heart and the Healing of Curses
अहञ्चेन्दीवराख्येति ख्यातो 'स्य जनको 'भवम् । विद्याधरपतेः पुत्रो नलनाभस्य खङ्गिनः ॥
ahañ cendīvarākhyeti khyāto 'sya janako 'bhavam | vidyādharapateḥ putro nalanābhasya khaṅginaḥ ||
«Y yo era conocido con el nombre de Endīvara; llegué a ser su padre, pues soy hijo de Nalanābha, el señor portador de espada de los Vidyādhara.»
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FAQs
High birth or celestial status does not immunize one from ethical failure; the narrative contrasts former splendor with later degradation to stress accountability.
Touches vaṃśa/vaṃśānucarita only incidentally (a brief lineage marker), but overall remains an embedded moral narrative (ākhyāna).
A ‘vidyādhara’ (bearer of knowledge) becoming rākṣasa-like signals the inversion of vidyā into avidyā when knowledge is pursued for ego, not dharma.