Shloka 16
Adhyaya 81 — Suratha and Samadhi Seek Sage Medhas; Introduction to Mahamaya and the Madhukaitabha Origin Account
स पृष्टस्तेन कस्त्वं भोः हेतुश्चागमनेऽत्र कः ।
सशोक इव कस्मात्त्वं दुर्मना इव लक्ष्यसे ॥
sa pṛṣṭas tena kas tvaṃ bhoḥ hetuś cāgamane 'tra kaḥ /
saśoka iva kasmāt tvaṃ durmanā iva lakṣyase
«Il l’interrogea : “Seigneur, qui êtes-vous, et pour quelle raison êtes-vous venu ici ? Pourquoi paraissez-vous affligé, comme accablé ?”»
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FAQs
Sincere questioning—without pride—opens the path to instruction. Suratha, though a king, approaches another sufferer with humane curiosity, which becomes the doorway to spiritual teaching.
Instructional narrative frame; not pañcalakṣaṇa.
The ‘question’ symbolizes the awakening of jñāsa (desire to know). Such inquiry is the first movement away from moha toward the Devi’s revelation.