Shloka 29
Adhyaya 22 — Kuvalayashva’s Death through Daitya-Deceit and Madalasa’s Self-Immolation
किंनु शोचामि तनयं किंनु शोचाम्यहं स्नुषाम् ।
विमृश्य कृतकृत्यत्वाम्नम्येऽशोच्यावुभावपि ॥
kinnu śocāmi tanayaṃ kinnu śocāmy ahaṃ snuṣām /
vimṛśya kṛtakṛtyatvām namye 'śocyāv ubhāv api
मैं किसके लिए शोक करूँ—पुत्र के लिए या बहू के लिए? विचार करके मैं सत्य को नमस्कार करता हूँ कि दोनों ही, कर्तव्य पूर्ण कर, शोक के योग्य नहीं।
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FAQs
Death is not automatically a cause for debilitating grief when a life has been lived in dharma. The ‘kṛtakṛtya’ standard reframes mourning into reverence and acceptance.
Moral instruction within narrative (vaṃśānucarita-type usage).
Calling them ‘aśocya’ echoes the Gītā-like insight: the wise do not collapse over inevitable transitions. It points to stabilizing buddhi in the face of saṃsāra’s churn.