Shloka 14
Adhyaya 71 — The King’s Remorse and the Sage’s Counsel on the Necessity of a Wife
साम्प्रतं तु वने त्यक्ता न वेद्मि क्व नु सा गता । भक्षिताऽवापि विपिने सिंहव्याघ्रनिशाचरैः ॥
sāmprataṃ tu vane tyaktā na vedmi kva nu sā gatā / bhakṣitā vāpi vipine siṃha-vyāghra-niśācaraiḥ
ប៉ុន្តែឥឡូវនេះ ខ្ញុំបានបោះបង់នាងនៅក្នុងព្រៃ ខ្ញុំមិនដឹងថានាងទៅទីណាទេ—ឬថា នៅក្នុងព្រៃវាល នាងត្រូវបានសត្វសិង្ហ សត្វខ្លា ឬសត្វអាថ៌កំបាំងដែលដើរពេលយប់ លេបស៊ីហើយឬនៅ។
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FAQs
Neglect of duty creates real-world peril for dependents; remorse is sharpened when one imagines the concrete suffering one’s choices may have caused.
Narrative ethics (vaṃśānucarita-type episode) illustrating dharma through lived consequence rather than genealogical or manvantara data.
The ‘forest’ signifies the unstructured realm where social dharma is absent; abandoning one’s dharmic anchor leads the mind into a wilderness of fear (niśācara as inner terrors).