Shloka 15
Adhyaya 70 — The King Confronts the Rakshasa and Restores the Brahmin’s Wife
नेयं सुरूपा सन्त्यन्या भाय्र्यार्थञ्चेद् हृता त्वया ।
भक्ष्यार्थं चेत्कथं नात्ता त्वयैतत्कथ्यतां मम ॥
neyaṃ surūpā santy anyā bhāryārthaṃ ced hṛtā tvayā | bhakṣyārthaṃ cet kathaṃ nāttā tvayaitat kathyatāṃ mama ||
“അവൾ പ്രത്യേക സൗന്ദര്യമുള്ളവളല്ല—മറ്റുള്ളവരും ഉണ്ട്. ഭാര്യയ്ക്കായി അവളെ കൊണ്ടുപോയതാണെങ്കിൽ അവളെയേന്തിന്? ഭക്ഷണത്തിനായിരുന്നെങ്കിൽ അവളെ തിന്നാതിരുന്നതെങ്ങനെ? ഇത് എനിക്ക് പറയുക।”
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FAQs
Rājadharma includes interrogation grounded in reason: the king tests inconsistent behavior to uncover truth. The verse also implies that neither lust nor predation can justify violating another’s autonomy.
Ākhyāna; a moral-legal episode rather than sarga/pratisarga/vaṃśa/manvantara/vaṃśānucarita material.
The two motives—desire and consumption—represent rājasika craving and tāmasika devouring. The king’s questioning is the inner light that exposes contradictions and forces the shadow to disclose itself.