Shloka 7
Adhyaya 70 — The King Confronts the Rakshasa and Restores the Brahmin’s Wife
अस्मिन्वनेऽतिगहने तेनानीयाहमुज्झिता ।
न वेद्मि कारणं किं तन्नोपभुङ्क्ते न खादति ॥
asmin vane ’tigahane tenānīyāham ujjhitā | na vedmi kāraṇaṃ kiṃ tan nopabhuṅkte na khādati ||
ഈ അത്യന്തം ഘനവും ഭയങ്കരവുമായ വനത്തിലേക്ക് അവൻ എന്നെ കൊണ്ടുവന്ന് ഉപേക്ഷിച്ചു. കാരണം എന്തെന്നു എനിക്ക് അറിയില്ല—അവൻ എന്നെ ഭോഗിക്കുന്നില്ല, എന്നെ തിന്നുന്നതുമില്ല.
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FAQs
The verse highlights the terror of lawlessness: harm is magnified when motives are opaque. Dharmic governance is partly the removal of such fear by making conduct accountable and intelligible through law and protection.
Ākhyāna (narrative) serving dharma instruction; not a direct pañcalakṣaṇa catalog section.
The ‘dense forest’ is a classic symbol of saṃsāra-confusion. The unknown motive suggests the mind’s inability to interpret tamasic forces; clarity arises only when a higher principle (rājadharma/discernment) enters the scene.