Shloka 2
Adhyaya 70 — The King Confronts the Rakshasa and Restores the Brahmin’s Wife
यथाख्यातस्वरूपां च भार्यां भर्त्रा द्विजस्य ताम् । भक्षयन्तीं ददर्शाथ श्रीफलानि नरेश्वरः ॥
yathākhyātasvarūpāṃ ca bhāryāṃ bhartrā dvijasya tām / bhakṣayantīṃ dadarśātha śrīphalāni nareśvaraḥ
तब राजा ने उस ब्राह्मण की पत्नी को—जैसी बताई गई थी वैसी ही—श्रीफल (बेल) के फल खाते हुए देखा।
FAQs
Truthful guidance bears verifiable results: the seer’s words lead the king to direct perception and thus to effective protection.
Manvantara: narrative detail within a time-cycle; not cosmogenesis, but dharma-through-itihāsa style instruction.
The woman’s simple act of eating fruit underscores survival in adversity; dharma’s restoration begins with locating and acknowledging the harmed person’s lived reality.