Shloka 7
Adhyaya 36 — Madalasa’s Final Counsel and the Renunciation of King Ritadhvaja
भवेतत्कुर्वतो राज्यं गृहधर्मावलम्बिनः ।
दुःखायतनभूतो हि ममत्वालम्बनो गृही ॥
bhavettat kurvato rājyaṃ gṛhadharmāvalambinaḥ | duḥkhāyatanabhūto hi mamatvālambano gṛhī
ຄວາມທຸກເຊັ່ນນີ້ຍ່ອມຕົກແກ່ຜູ້ປົກຄອງອານາຈັກ ແຕ່ຍັງຍຶດຕິດກັບໜ້າທີ່ ແລະຄວາມຜູກພັນແຫ່ງຊີວິດຄອບຄົວ; ເພາະສຳລັບຄົນຄອບຄົວ ທີ່ອາໄສຄວາມຮູ້ສຶກວ່າ “ເປັນຂອງຂ້ອຍ” (mamatva) ເຮືອນຈຶ່ງເປັນບ່ອນຕັ້ງແຫ່ງຄວາມທຸກແທ້ໆ।
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FAQs
The warning is not against gṛhastha-dharma itself, but against possessive identification (‘mamatva’) while wielding power; attachment turns both home and kingdom into engines of anxiety.
Vaṃśānucarita with a strong dharma-śikṣā (ethical instruction) layer; it functions as normative guidance within the lineage narrative.
‘Mamatva’ is treated as the subtle knot binding the self to saṃsāra; loosening possessiveness is presented as the inner coronation of wisdom.