Shloka 19
Adhyaya 71 — The King’s Remorse and the Sage’s Counsel on the Necessity of a Wife
ततस्तस्य सुता सुभ्रूर्नन्दा नाम महीपते ।
भार्या मनोरमा चास्य नागराजस्य धीमतः ॥
tatas tasya sutā subhrūr nandā nāma mahīpate / bhāryā manoramā cāsya nāgarājasya dhīmataḥ
അതിനുശേഷം, ഓ രാജാവേ, ആ ബുദ്ധിമാനായ നാഗരാജാവിന് ‘നന്ദാ’ എന്ന സുന്ദരഭ്രൂവുള്ള മകളുണ്ടായിരുന്നു; അവന്റെ ഭാര്യ ‘മനോരമാ’ ആയിരുന്നു.
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FAQs
Purāṇic storytelling frequently grounds moral causality in family structures; naming wife and daughter prepares the ethical conflict (jealousy/possession/curse) that follows.
Vaṃśa/Vaṃśānucarita elements appear (family particulars), embedded within a carita explaining present circumstances.
The Nāga household mirrors human social dynamics, suggesting that attachment and rivalry are trans-realm patterns of prakṛti (nature) unless mastered by dharma.