Shloka 21
मधुकैटभवधोपाख्यानम्
The Account of the Slaying of Madhu and Kaiṭabha
अकुलानां कुले भावं कुलीनानां कुलक्षयम् | संयोगं विप्रयोगं च पश्यन्ति चिरजीविन:,चिरजीवी मनुष्य अकुलीनोंके कुलकी उन्नति, कुलीनोंके कुलका संहार तथा संयोग और वियोग देखते रहते हैं
akulānāṁ kule bhāvaṁ kulīnāṁ kula-kṣayam | saṁyogaṁ viprayogaṁ ca paśyanti cirajīvinaḥ ||
ബകൻ പറഞ്ഞു—ദീർഘായുസ്സുള്ളവർ അകുലീനരുടെ കുലോന്നതി, കുലീനരുടെ കുലക്ഷയം, പിന്നെയും പിന്നെയും സംഭവിക്കുന്ന സംഗമവും വിരഹവും—ഇവയെല്ലാം കാണുന്നു.
बक उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches the instability of worldly status and relationships: lineage, reputation, and human connections are subject to rise, decline, meeting, and separation. Recognizing this encourages humility, patience, and detachment rather than pride in birth or despair in adversity.
Baka is speaking reflectively, presenting an observation drawn from long experience: a long-lived being repeatedly witnesses social reversals (obscure families rising, noble families falling) and the continual cycle of union and separation among people.