Shloka 170
Adhyaya 8 — Vasu's Redemption
नैव पुत्रो न भार्या तु तस्य वै स्मृतिगोचरे ।
नष्टोत्साहो राज्यनाशात् श्मशाने निवसंस्तदा ॥
naiva putro na bhāryā tu tasya vai smṛtigocare / naṣṭotsāho rājyanaśāt śmaśāne nivasaṃs tadā
അവന്റെ സ്മൃതിപരിധിയിൽ മകനും ഭാര്യയും ഒന്നും വന്നില്ല. രാജ്യം നഷ്ടപ്പെട്ടതാൽ മനസ്സു തകർന്ന അവൻ അപ്പോൾ ശ്മശാനഭൂമിയിൽ വസിച്ചു.
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FAQs
The verse underscores how attachment to external power can hollow the inner self; when the outer structure collapses, one may lose even relational memory—hence the Purāṇic insistence on cultivating inner dharma and devotion.
Carita/didactic narrative; functions as moral illustration rather than pancalakṣaṇa enumeration.
Cremation-ground dwelling signals liminality: the ego-king is ‘dead’ though alive; the stripping away of family-memory suggests the dissolution of nāma-rūpa identity, preparing (in narrative logic) for a turning toward higher refuge.