Shloka 60
Duḥṣantasya Vana-praveśaḥ
King Duḥṣanta’s Entry into the Forest Hunt
जग्राह तरसोपेत्य साद्रिका मत्स्यरूपिणी । कदाचिदपि मत्सीं तां बबन्धुर्मत्स्यजीविन:
jagrāha tarasopetya sādrikā matsyarūpiṇī | kadācid api matsīṁ tāṁ babandhur matsyajīvinaḥ ||
ໄວສັມປາຍະນະ ກ່າວວ່າ: ອັດຣິກາ ຜູ້ຢູ່ໃນຮູບປາ ໄດ້ພຸ່ງເຂົ້າມາຢ່າງວ່ອງໄວ ແລະຄວ້າເອົາມັນໄປ. ຕໍ່ມາ ຊາວປະມົງຜູ້ດຳລົງຊີວິດດ້ວຍການຈັບປາ ໄດ້ວາງອວນຈັບ ແລະມັດປານັ້ນ; ເມື່ອຜ່າທ້ອງມັນ ກໍພົບເດັກຍິງຄົນໜຶ່ງ ແລະເດັກຊາຍຄົນໜຶ່ງຢູ່ຂ້າງໃນ—ດັ່ງນັ້ນ ຜົນອັນພິລຶກຂອງຄວາມປາຖະໜາ ແລະຊະຕາກຳ ໄດ້ເປີດເຜີຍໃນນ້ຳຢະມຸນາ.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The episode underscores how actions and impulses can yield unforeseen results, and how destiny (often mediated through curses and transformations) can redirect even morally ambiguous events into the unfolding of a larger lineage and cosmic plan.
Adrikā, an apsaras cursed to live as a fish, quickly swallows the fallen seed; later fishermen catch that fish, and upon cutting it open they discover two infants—a girl and a boy—setting up the origin story connected with later dynastic developments.