Shloka 20
Adhyaya 70 — The King Confronts the Rakshasa and Restores the Brahmin’s Wife
राजोवाच यद्येषा नोपभोगाय नाहाराय निशाचर ।
गृहं प्रविश्य विप्रस्य तत्किमेषा हृता त्वया ॥
rājovāca yady eṣā nopabhogāya nāhārāya niśācara | gṛhaṃ praviśya viprasya tat kim eṣā hṛtā tvayā ||
രാജാവ് പറഞ്ഞു—ഹേ നിശാചരാ, അവൾ ഭോഗത്തിനായുമല്ല, ഭക്ഷണത്തിനായുമല്ലെങ്കിൽ, ബ്രാഹ്മണന്റെ വീട്ടിൽ കടന്ന് നീ അവളെ എന്തിന് അപഹരിച്ചു കൊണ്ടുപോയി?
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FAQs
Rājadharma includes investigation, not mere punishment: the king demands motive, reflecting the ideal of protecting vulnerable households and ritual order.
Dharma-centered narrative (upākhyāna) illustrating rājadharma and social protection.
The king’s question represents viveka (discernment): seeing beyond surface claims (not food/sex) to subtler sabotage of dharma.