Shloka 7
Adhyaya 26 — Madālasa Names Alarka and Reorients Him Toward Kshatriya Duty
तथैव सोऽपि तन्वङ्ग्या बालत्वादवबोधितः ।
क्रियाश्चकार निष्कामो न किञ्चिदुपकारकम् ॥
tathaiva so 'pi tanvaṅgyā bālatvād avabodhitaḥ / kriyāś cakāra niṣkāmo na kiñcid upakārakam
De même, ce garçon—instruit dès l’enfance par sa mère aux membres graciles—accomplissait ses actes sans désir, ne faisant rien en vue d’un avantage ou d’un gain.
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FAQs
A child shaped early toward non-attachment can act without being driven by profit or status. The verse anticipates the later, more explicit teaching: do your duty, but do not be owned by outcomes.
Dharma/Ācāra instruction embedded in narrative (upākhyāna). It is a moral-psychological teaching rather than a genealogical or cosmological enumeration.
‘From childhood’ points to saṃskāra at the subtle level: the mind is trained to witness action rather than identify with agency and reward, aligning with renunciatory/advaitic sensibilities.