Shloka 2
Adhyaya 71 — The King’s Remorse and the Sage’s Counsel on the Necessity of a Wife
अनर्घयोग्यता कष्टं स मामाह महामनाः ।
वैकल्यं विप्रमुद्दिश्य तथाहायं निशाचरः ॥
anarghayogyatā kaṣṭaṃ sa mām āha mahāmanāḥ / vaikalyaṃ vipram uddiśya tathāha ayaṃ niśācaraḥ
“ເປັນຄວາມບໍ່ເໝາະສົມອັນເຈັບປວດ ສໍາລັບຜູ້ຄວນຄ່າເຊັ່ນນັ້ນ!”—ບຸລຸດໃຈກວ້າງຜູ້ນັ້ນໄດ້ກ່າວກັບຂ້ອຍ ພ້ອມຊີ້ໃຫ້ເຫັນຂໍ້ບົກພ່ອງຂອງພຣາຫມັນ; ແລະຣາກສະຜູ້ທ່ອງຄືນກໍ່ກ່າວເຊັ່ນດຽວກັນ।
FAQs
The king internalizes the critique: dharma is not only outward correction but also recognition of one’s lapse and its impact on the vulnerable (here, the brāhmaṇa).
Ethical instruction embedded in manvantara narrative; not a genealogical vaṃśa list but a dharma-illustration within that epochal setting.
‘Deficiency’ (vaikalya) can be read as a symbol of incomplete discernment; the episode pushes the ruler toward wholeness through counsel from a seer.