Shloka 25
Adhyaya 26 — Madālasa Names Alarka and Reorients Him Toward Kshatriya Duty
तञ्चापि सा सुतं सुभ्रूर्यथा पूर्वसुतांस्तथा /
प्रोवाच बोधजननं तामुवाच स पार्थिवः
tañ cāpi sā sutaṃ subhrūr yathā pūrvasutāṃs tathā | provāca bodhajananaṃ tām uvāca sa pārthivaḥ ||
Dan ia, sang wanita beralis indah, menasihati putra itu juga—sebagaimana putra-putra sebelumnya—dengan kata-kata yang membangkitkan pengetahuan; lalu raja berbicara kepadanya.
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FAQs
True education is that which generates bodha (awakening), not merely social identity. The household can be a seat of liberation-oriented instruction when guided by wisdom.
Didactic narrative episode; not directly sarga/pratisarga/manvantara/vaṃśa/vaṃśānucarita.
The repeated ‘bodha-generating’ teaching indicates a deliberate saṃskāra-transformation: replacing worldly imprinting (name/role) with self-knowledge imprinting (ātma-bodha).