Shloka 58
Adhyaya 21 — Kuvalayashva’s Descent to Patala and the Rescue of Madalasa
त्वयैव विद्धोऽसन्दिग्धं स पापो दानवाधमः ।
सुरभिः सा गवां माता कथं मिथ्या वदिष्यति ॥
tvayaiva viddho 'sandigdhaṃ sa pāpo dānavādhamaḥ | surabhiḥ sā gavāṃ mātā kathaṃ mithyā vadiṣyati ||
ആ ദുഷ്ടൻ, ദാനവന്മാരിൽ ഏറ്റവും പാപിഷ്ഠൻ, നിശ്ചയമായും നിനാൽ ഹതനായിരിക്കുന്നു—ഇതിൽ സംശയമില്ല. അവൾ സുരഭി, ഗോമാതാവ്; അവൾ എങ്ങനെ അസത്യം പറയും?
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FAQs
Truth is reinforced by trustworthy pramāṇa (reliable testimony). The text elevates Surabhi as intrinsically truthful, linking dharma with protection and reverence for the ‘mother of cows’.
Primarily narrative-ethical material (vaṃśānucarita flavor), not a cosmological or manvantara exposition.
Surabhi symbolizes dharma’s nourishing ground (go-mātṛ); her ‘inability to lie’ signals that sustaining principles of life cannot be founded on falsehood.