Shloka 5
Adhyaya 72 — The Reconciliation Rite, Sarasvati Sacrifice, and the Birth of Uttama Manu (Auttama Manvantara Prelude)
राजोवाच न भक्षिताऽऽ मे दयिता श्वापदैः सा हि जीवति ।
अविदूषितचारित्रा कथमेतत्करोम्यहम् ॥
rājovāca na bhakṣitā me dayitā śvāpadaiḥ sā hi jīvati | avidūṣitacāritrā katham etat karomy aham ||
ព្រះរាជាបានមានព្រះបន្ទូលថា៖ ស្រីជាទីស្រឡាញ់របស់ខ្ញុំ មិនត្រូវសត្វស៊ីទេ; នាងនៅរស់។ អាកប្បកិរិយារបស់នាងគ្មានមន្ទិល—ខ្ញុំអាចធ្វើដូចម្តេចបាន (យកភរិយាផ្សេង) ?
FAQs
Dharma is tethered to truth of circumstances: if the wife lives and is chaste, abandoning her becomes ethically untenable. The king appeals to moral constraint rather than convenience.
Anucarita: dharma-case reasoning dramatized through dialogue in a Manvantara narrative.
Unblemished conduct (śīla) represents inner purity; the king’s inability to ‘replace’ it points to the irreplaceability of authentic virtue once recognized.