Shloka 40
Adhyaya 21 — Kuvalayashva’s Descent to Patala and the Rescue of Madalasa
एतस्मात् कारणान्मोहं महान्तमियमागतā ।
यावज्जीवं च तन्वङ्गी दुःखमेवोपभोक्ष्यते ॥
etasmāt kāraṇān mohaṃ mahāntam iyam āgatā | yāvaj jīvaṃ ca tanvaṅgī duḥkham evopabhokṣyate ||
इसी कारण वह महान मोह में पड़ गई है; और वह सुकुमार अंगों वाली कन्या जीवन भर केवल दुःख ही भोगेगी।
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FAQs
Attachment that conflicts with ordained duty is portrayed as generating enduring duḥkha; the verse echoes a broader dharmic psychology where moha leads to prolonged suffering.
Ānucarita with a didactic (nīti) accent; not a core pancalakṣaṇa item, but a moralizing insertion within narrative.
The ‘lifelong sorrow’ is a warning about saṃskāra fixation—when the mind clings to an impossible object, the vṛtti becomes a persistent source of duḥkha.