Shloka 37
Adhyaya 22 — Kuvalayashva’s Death through Daitya-Deceit and Madalasa’s Self-Immolation
नासौ शोच्यो न चैवेयं नाहं तज्जननी न च ।
त्यजता ब्राह्मणार्त्थाय प्राणान् सर्वे स्म तारिताः ॥
nāsau śocyo na caiv eyaṃ nāhaṃ taj-jananī na ca |
tyajatā brāhmaṇārthāya prāṇān sarve sma tāritāḥ ||
“ບໍ່ຄວນໂສກເສົ້າເຂົາ ຫຼືນາງ; ບໍ່ຄວນໂສກເສົ້າຂ້ອຍ; ແລະຂ້ອຍກໍບໍ່ແມ່ນແມ່ໃນນັຍແຫ່ງການສູນເສຍ. ເພາະເຂົາສະຫຼະຊີວິດເພື່ອພຣາຫມະນະ ພວກເຮົາທັງໝົດຈຶ່ງພົ້ນໄພ.”
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FAQs
The verse teaches that death aligned with dharma—specifically, sacrifice for the protection/service of a brāhmaṇa—transmutes grief into a sense of collective uplift and merit.
Not pañcalakṣaṇa; it is dharma-ācāra and narrative exemplum.
‘Saving all’ points to the radiating effect of a single dharmic act: inner renunciation (tyāga) is portrayed as redeeming not only the agent but also the relational field around them.