Shloka 14
Adhyaya 26 — Madālasa Names Alarka and Reorients Him Toward Kshatriya Duty
तच्छ्रुत्वा नाम पुत्रस्य कृतं मात्रा महीपतिः ।
अलर्क इत्यसंबद्धं प्रहस्येदमथाब्रवीत् ॥
tac chrutvā nāma putrasya kṛtaṃ mātrā mahīpatiḥ / alarka ity asambaddhaṃ prahasyedam athābravīt
മാതാവ് നൽകിയ പുത്രനാമം കേട്ട രാജാവ് ‘അലർക്ക’ എന്നത് അസംബന്ധം/വിചിത്രം എന്നു കരുതി ചിരിച്ചു; പിന്നെ ഇങ്ങനെ പറഞ്ഞു।
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FAQs
Worldly minds often dismiss dharmic or renunciatory signals as ‘irrelevant.’ The king’s laughter mirrors society’s reflex to measure worth by conventional categories.
Upākhyāna functioning as Dharma teaching through contrast and dialogue.
The label ‘incongruous’ (asambaddha) points to a mismatch between outer criteria (glory, conquest) and inner criteria (wisdom, liberation). The narrative invites the reader to revise the criteria.