Shloka 42
Adhyaya 22 — Kuvalayashva’s Death through Daitya-Deceit and Madalasa’s Self-Immolation
शोचतां बान्धवानां ये निःश्वसन्तोऽतिदुःखिताः ।
म्रियन्ते व्याधिना क्लिष्टास्तेषां माता वृथाप्रजा ॥
śocatāṃ bāndhavānāṃ ye niḥśvasanto 'tiduḥkhitāḥ | mriyante vyādhinā kliṣṭās teṣāṃ mātā vṛthāprajā ||
Ceux qui, tandis que leurs proches se lamentent, meurent dans la misère—soupirant, accablés d’une extrême affliction, tourmentés par la maladie—pour de tels hommes, la maternité de la mère est vaine.
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FAQs
The verse contrasts an ignoble, painful death (disease, helplessness) with the ideal of a purposeful life and death; it reflects a value-system where a ‘fruitful’ life is measured by courageous conduct and socially meaningful ends.
Primarily Ākhyāna (didactic narrative) rather than sarga/pratisarga/manvantara/vaṃśa; it supports dharma-teaching embedded in a royal genealogy story.
Disease-death symbolizes prāṇa dissipating under tamas (inertia) and helpless karma; the ‘fruitful mother’ motif encodes the idea that inner ‘birth’ (noble qualities) should culminate in a meaningful culmination rather than decay.