Shloka 64
Adhyaya 69 — The King’s Neglect of His Wife and the Restoration of Dharma
ऋषिरुवाच । तां जहाराद्रितनयो बलाको नाम राक्षसः । द्रक्ष्यसे चाद्य तां भूप ! उत्पलावतके वने ॥
ṛṣir uvāca tāṃ jahārādritanayo balāko nāma rākṣasaḥ / drakṣyase cādya tāṃ bhūpa! utpalāvatake vane
ഋഷി പറഞ്ഞു— അവളെ ബാലാകൻ എന്ന രാക്ഷസൻ, ഗിരിസുതൻ (പർവ്വതപുത്രൻ), അപഹരിച്ചു. ഇന്നുതന്നെ, ഹേ രാജാവേ, ഉത്പലാവടക വനത്തിൽ നീ അവളെ കാണും.
FAQs
Naming the wrongdoer and the place directs dharmic action: justice is not abstract; it requires concrete, timely intervention to protect the innocent.
Manvantara: exemplary story-actions within an era; also lightly touches deśa (place) as narrative geography, though not a formal pancalakṣaṇa category.
The ‘forest’ can symbolize the liminal zone where dharma is tested; the rākṣasa embodies disruptive forces that abduct discernment/ordered life from the household.