Shloka 23
Adhyaya 6 — Balarama’s Dilemma, Drunken Wanderings in Revata’s Grove, and the Slaying of the Suta
क्रमेणेत्थं वनं शौरिर्वोक्ष्यमाणो मनोरमम् । जगामानुगतः स्त्रीभिर्लतागृहमनुत्तमम् ॥
krameṇetthaṃ vanaṃ śaurir vokṣamāṇo manoramam / jagāmānugataḥ strībhir latāgṛham anuttamam
かくして一歩一歩、シャウリはその魅惑の森を語りつつ進み、女たちが後に従って、ついに蔓に覆われた比類なき格子造りの東屋へ（到った）。
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FAQs
The verse foregrounds saṅgati (companionship) and the cultivated perception of nature: the forest is not merely traversed but ‘made meaningful’ through narration and appreciative attention, suggesting that experience becomes refined when guided by dharmic, aesthetically attuned speech.
This verse is best classified under ancillary narrative (ākhyāna/vaṃśa-adjacent storytelling) rather than directly expressing sarga (creation), pratisarga, manvantara, vaṃśa, or vaṃśānucarita. It functions as descriptive connective tissue within a story sequence.
The ‘forest’ and ‘vine-bower’ can be read symbolically as stages of inner movement: krameṇa (stepwise progress) toward a protected, entwined ‘latticed’ space suggests the mind guided from outward wandering to an inward pavilion of rasa (aesthetic savor) and śānti (settledness), with the leader’s narration acting as mantra-like ordering of perception.