Shloka 101
The Account of Kāṣṭhīlā (Kāṣṭhīlā-ākhyāna) within the Mohinī Narrative
एवं सा बहु संचिंत्य भर्तारं वाक्यमब्रवीत् । मदीया मम भक्ष्यार्थँ त्वयानीता सुलोचना ॥ १०१ ॥
evaṃ sā bahu saṃciṃtya bhartāraṃ vākyamabravīt | madīyā mama bhakṣyārthaṃ tvayānītā sulocanā || 101 ||
വളരെ ആലോചിച്ച ശേഷം അവൾ ഭർത്താവിനോട് പറഞ്ഞു— “ഈ സുലോചന എന്റേതാണ്; നീ അവളെ എന്റെ ആഹാരത്തിനായി കൊണ്ടുവന്നിരിക്കുന്നു.”
Narrator (Purāṇic narrative voice within Uttara-Bhāga; dialogue attributed to an unnamed woman addressing her husband)
Vrata: none
Rasa: {"primary_rasa":"bibhatsa","secondary_rasa":"raudra","emotional_journey":"A grim, shocking turn: after deliberation, the woman coldly claims another woman as her property and declares cannibalistic intent, intensifying revulsion and menace."}
FAQs
It highlights how delusion and cruelty can arise from unchecked desire and possessiveness, setting up a moral contrast that Purāṇic narratives often resolve through dharma, repentance, or the purifying force of a tīrtha.
Indirectly: by portraying adharmic intent, it implies the opposite virtues cultivated by bhakti—compassion, restraint, and seeing beings as belonging to the Divine rather than as objects for personal gratification.
No explicit Vedāṅga instruction appears in this verse; it functions as narrative dialogue rather than teaching on śikṣā, vyākaraṇa, chandas, nirukta, jyotiṣa, or kalpa.