Adhyaya 21 — Kuvalayashva’s Descent to Patala and the Rescue of Madalasa
सोऽपि शत्रुजितः पुत्रस्तामारोप्य तुरङ्गमम् ।
निर्गन्तुकामः पातालाद्विज्ञातो दनुसम्भवैः ॥
so 'pi śatrujitaḥ putras tām āropya turaṅgamam | nirgantukāmaḥ pātālād vijñāto danusambhavaiḥ ||
Ce fils, Śatrujita, l’ayant installée sur un cheval et voulant quitter Pātāla, fut aperçu et reconnu par les êtres dānava, nés de Danu.
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Acts of protection and rescue often provoke resistance from entrenched powers; dharma may require courage when leaving the 'underworld' of coercion and possession.
An episode within vaṃśānucarita/ākhyāna; it supports heroic narrative rather than cosmological accounting.
Pātāla can symbolize bondage or subterranean impulses; the attempt to exit indicates ascent from lower states, while the Dānava recognition represents latent forces resisting transformation.