Shloka 4
Jaratkāru’s Marital Compact and Departure (जरत्कारु–जरत्कारुणी संवादः)
सौतिर्वाच एवमुक्त: स नागेन्द्र: काश्यपेन महात्मना । अदशद् वृक्षमभ्येत्य न्यग्रोध॑ं पन्नगोत्तम:
Sautir uvāca—evam uktaḥ sa nāgendraḥ Kāśyapena mahātmanā | adaśad vṛkṣam abhyetya nyagrodhaṃ pannagottamaḥ ||
സൗതി പറഞ്ഞു—മഹാത്മാവായ കാശ്യപൻ ഇങ്ങനെ പറഞ്ഞപ്പോൾ, നാഗങ്ങളിൽ ശ്രേഷ്ഠനായ നാഗരാജൻ തക്ഷകൻ അടുത്തുചെന്ന് ആ ആൽമരത്തെ കടിച്ചു.
काश्यप उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse hints at the ethical idea that displays of power rooted in anger or arrogance tend toward harm and invite consequences; destructive capability is not the same as righteousness (dharma).
After Kāśyapa speaks, Takṣaka—described as the serpent-king—approaches a banyan tree and bites it, a demonstrative act within the ongoing serpent-related episode narrated by Sauti.