Shloka 24
Adhyaya 70 — The King Confronts the Rakshasa and Restores the Brahmin’s Wife
मार्कण्डेय उवाच वैकल्योच्चारणात्तस्य ब्राह्मणस्य महामतेः ।
ततः स राजातिभृशं विषण्णः समजायत ॥
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca vaikalyoccāraṇāt tasya brāhmaṇasya mahāmateḥ | tataḥ sa rājātibhṛśaṃ viṣaṇṇaḥ samajāyata ||
មារកណ្ឌេយៈបាននិយាយថា៖ «ព្រះរាជា បានឮអំពីការខូចខាតរបស់ព្រាហ្មណ៍ចិត្តធំដ៏អស្ចារ្យនោះ ហើយបន្ទាប់មកទ្រង់មានព្រះទ័យព្រួយបារម្ភយ៉ាងខ្លាំង»។
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FAQs
A righteous ruler is pained by the suffering of the dharmic (here, a brāhmaṇa and the integrity of sacrifice). Compassion becomes the seed of corrective action.
Narrative-dharma (upākhyāna) supporting ethical ideals of kingship; not a direct pancalakṣaṇa segment.
The king’s ‘viṣāda’ can be read as the awakening of conscience; inner disquiet arises when the protective order (dharma) is perceived as wounded.